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New York Democrats advertise a New York Republican invitation to Ted Cruz
After New York's Republican Party announced yesterday that Texas senator Ted Cruz would be their keynote speaker at an annual fund-raising dinner later this month, the state's Democratic Party responded by calling for them to rescind the invitation. More
(1)Republicans go to East New York, Quinn comes from Long Island
"Lesbian frontrunner" [Tempo]
Christine Quinn: "I am very clear that a part of my personality is what some people might call a bitch." [Greg Sargent, h/t Jonathan Capehart]
Quinn's election would "send a message around the world," said Stonewall's Melissa Sklarz. [Keith Wagstaff]
Huntsman goes to Chinatown
Jon Huntsman alienated a number of Republican constituencies last year, with his support for climate change and immigration reform, along with his criticism of Mitt Romney, and the former Utah governor may have angered a few more last week when he signed on to a brief supporting same-sex marriage. More
(1)Despite losses, Ed Cox sees the silver linings, including 2013 and 2014
New York State Republican Party chairman Ed Cox acknowledged some losses on Election Night, but insists "our networking and outreach success here can be a model for other Republican organizations in the future." More
'We'll let the survivors decide': Bob Turner endorses Wendy Long, defends Ryan's 'bitter pill'
At an endorsement event for Wendy Long this morning, three Republicans and a Conservative insisted Paul Ryan would be a helpful counterpoint to Democrats up and down the ballot.
"We need reform, Ryan has put together a plan that does just that," said congressman Bob Turner, who was there to offer his official endorsement of Long, and was joined by Republican chairman Ed Cox and Conservative Party chairman Mike Long.
"Is it a bitter pill? Well, we'll let the survivors decide. More
G.O.P. chair Ed Cox says Mitt Romney could 'absolutely' out-raise Obama
Even before Mitt Romney reported his best fund-raising month of the campaign this morning, with $12.6 million collected in March, some Republicans were starting to inflate expectations.
"He's already done spectacularly here in New York," state chairman Ed Cox told me last night when I asked about the Romney campaign's latest fund-raising goals. More
Republicans keep talking about Ray Kelly, who still isn't doing a thing
Ray Kelly, and the prospect that he might run for mayor in 2013, has been the subject of lots of speculation this week.
Nothing has changed, as far as anyone can tell: Kelly has long been one of the most popular public officials in New York; it has long been a fantasy of city Republicans and many non-Republican members of the political and business establishments that he run; Kelly never acknowledged that he was interested, and still hasn't. More
Just as they're declared dead and buried, Santorum and Gingrich decide to come to New York
With the Republican presidential primary declared all-but-over this morning after front-runner Mitt Romney swept three primaries last night, the New York State Republican Party has announced that Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich will appear at the state party's annual dinner on April 19. More
(1)Bob Turner looks for a fast show of support for Senate from downstate donors
A few dozen donors descended on former Manhattan County chair Jennifer Saul's home last night for Representative Bob Turner's first proper fund-raiser since becoming a Senate candidate two weeks ago. More
New G.O.P. Senate hope Wendy Long calls Gillibrand 'extreme,' says no one would miss Roe v. Wade
On Thursday night, at the Manhattan G.O.P.'s annual Lincoln Day Dinner, attorney Wendy Long made her first public appearance as an announced candidate for U.S. Senate.
"I am here to pledge a full-hearted campaign to win our nomination and defeat Kirsten Gillibrand in November," she told the partisan crowd of approximately 150 in a small upstairs ballroom at the National Republican Women's Club on East 51st Street. More
(2)After new scrutiny of his life and work, Cenedella responds, so far, like a candidate
Despite a rocky welcome to New York politics, Marc Cenedella, an internet entrepreneur and anti-tax activist, isn't showing any signs yet of shying away from a potential challenge to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. More
Anti-tax entrepreneur Marc Cenedella wants to run against Kirsten Gillibrand and pay for it, too
Among the parade of lawmakers and lobbyists who crowded into the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon for Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State speech was Marc Cenedella, a web entrepreneur, anti-tax activist and would-be Senate candidate.
For the last month and a half, Cenedella has been meeting with Republicans across the state in order to express to them, in person, how serious he is about challenging Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand this year. More
(1)Meet 'Obi' Murray, the conservative campaign Jedi who ran Bob Turner on the cheap
Around the time Bob Turner's campaign released an internal poll showing they were within striking distance of the heavily favored Democratic candidate in New York's Ninth Congressional District, there was another set of numbers that were closely guarded.
"I think I had about 2,000 in the bank," said Turner's campaign manager, E. O'Brien Murray, known to friends and colleagues as O'B. More
At the best-timed G.O.P. dinner in recent memory, Barbour puts New York in play for 2012
At the annual New York State G.O.P. dinner last night, which fortuitously fell the day after Republicans' biggest election win here in recent memory, local partisans took turns congratulating themselves on Bob Turner's victory, and on what they said was the party's bright future in New York. More
'Messenger' Turner thumps hard-working, hopeless Weprin in NY-9, delighting Obama-haters everywhere
Bob Turner, a Republican former cable TV executive, has won a special election to replace Anthony Weiner in New York's Ninth Congressional District in Brooklyn and Queens. He defeated Assemblyman David Weprin, the loyal, unassuming Democratic assemblyman who was picked by party leaders to defend the seat. More
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