The NY-26 Election. Have fun but keep your shirt on.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Jack Quinn III run here, even if his house is outside the district.

He is probably in NY-27, his father, grandfather whatever's old district.


I would think that George Marziarz or whatever his name is would have the nomination if he wanted it. Its chosen by the county party chairman, unless thats changed.

[cinyc]

Good, another Congressional special election coming up. Jackpot week.

If I remember correctly, New York's governor need not call a separate special election if he does not want to.  The seat could remain vacant until the November general election.  Governor Paterson held Massa's NY-29 vacant until the November 2010 election, even though Massa resigned in March 2010.

There must be something in the water that makes Upstate Congressmen do dumb things when they go to Washington.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Freaking hilarious.

Carl Paladino is apparently being talked up as a candidate.

[The Mikado]

He certainly looks decent for his age.

[The Dowager Mod]

A Republican politician in a sex scandal?
whoda thunk?

[Lunar]

Freaking hilarious.

Carl Paladino is apparently being talked up as a candidate.

Which is especially hilarious given that Carl has a child from an affair

[Torie]

Is this really going to go anywhere?

[Eraserhead]

Paladino should run. However it turns out, I could use the entertainment.

[Lunar]

PALADINO IS "SERIOUSLY" CONSIDERING IT: SOURCE

link to come

[redcommander]

A Republican politician in a sex scandal?
whoda thunk?

I know it's not as if Democrats are ever involved in any.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Hart

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Studs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_edwards

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_clinton

[Lunar]

http://www.capitaltonight.com/2011/02/source-paladino-seriously-considering-ny-26-run/

Update:
Buffalo TV Station WGRZ just tweeted this: “Carl #Paladino says he will not run for Rep. Chris Lee’s spot. He says many people pushing for NYS Assemblymember Jane Corwin.”


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[Filuwaúrdjan]

lol

[Sam Spade]

Anything can happen in special elections, but this is one of those seats that is more Republican locally than its PVI suggests (I personally think it's more Republican than NY-29, but that's just me - in theory the CD was designed to not go Democratic). 

Otherwise, the county chairs will select who gets the nomination, in typical NY fashion, so there won't be any silly primaries going on.  Could be third-party interference, of course.

[rbt48]

Good, another Congressional special election coming up. Jackpot week.

If I remember correctly, New York's governor need not call a separate special election if he does not want to.  The seat could remain vacant until the November general election.  Governor Paterson held Massa's NY-29 vacant until the November 2010 election, even though Massa resigned in March 2010.

There must be something in the water that makes Upstate Congressmen do dumb things when they go to Washington.

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I wouldn't be surprised to see Jack Quinn III run here, even if his house is outside the district.

He is probably in NY-27, his father, grandfather whatever's old district.


I would think that George Marziarz or whatever his name is would have the nomination if he wanted it. Its chosen by the county party chairman, unless thats changed.
[/quote]
Remain vacant until Jan, 2013?  That would be absolutely amazing.  I truly doubt this would possibly happen.

[Lunar]

Remain vacant until Jan, 2013?  That would be absolutely amazing.  I truly doubt this would possibly happen.

Pretty sure the courts would find that illegal.

[© tweed]

Its pretty much assured that more is involved especially since craigslist dating often goes hand and hand with escort services, etc.

why would an escort service care what Mr Lee looked like without a shirt on?

[milhouse24]

Should have just gotten a massage therapist like Mr Gore, etc.

[Torie]

He resigned? The guy should not hawk himself really, since he really has no balls to hawk.

[Lunar]

Its pretty much assured that more is involved especially since craigslist dating often goes hand and hand with escort services, etc.

why would an escort service care what Mr Lee looked like without a shirt on?

Let's assume that whatever this is for Chris Lee, it's probably not the very first time he's ventured outside of his marriage.

[cinyc]

Remain vacant until Jan, 2013?  That would be absolutely amazing.  I truly doubt this would possibly happen.

Pretty sure the courts would find that illegal.

I didn't say January 2013.  I said the next general election, which, in New York State, would arguably be in November 2011, according to the State Board of Elections own political calendar.

A group of voters did sue Governor Paterson after he initially refused to order a special election for seat recently vacated by Congressman Massa after his own sex scandal.   In the interim, Paterson mandated that the special election to fill the NY-29 vacancy would be held on regular election day 2010.  The seat was vacant for 6 months.  The federal judge ruled that that was not unconstitutional.  

I think the lawsuit would likely have been successful had Paterson decided to hold the seat vacant for 20 months instead of 8.

I'd also expect a special election sooner than that.   Governor Paterson did not want to hold a special election for Democrat Massa's seat because it would likely have been won by a Republican.   This is a vacancy in a Republican-held seat.  When Republican-held seats were vacated during the past two years, a special election was held almost immediately after the seat became vacant.  And New York's governor is still a Democrat.

[Хahar 🤔]

Love is required whenever he's hired
It comes just before the kill

[Lunar]

He resigned? The guy should not hawk himself really, since he really has no balls to hawk.

Hah, the title of your post here already had "RESIGNED!" in the subject line:

Is this really going to go anywhere?

Like I said earlier, you really have to assume that he's worried about reporters digging further.  It's New York, a state where many inside politicos openly say that Spitzer should have never resigned because his offenses weren't that bad. 

[milhouse24]

A Republican politician in a sex scandal?
whoda thunk?

I know it's not as if Democrats are ever involved in any.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Hart

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Studs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_edwards

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_clinton

None of those guys actually resigned, so if they didn't resign it never hurt them and never happened.  David Vitter is still standing, its all just tabloid gossip, lol

[milhouse24]

Should have photoshopped his face out.

Should have used a sure fire alias that would be unbelievable, like Lindsay G, or David D - nobody would ever believe they were actually dating a woman!!!

What's up with the sig - why are Mormons considered sane?  Polygamy, the 3rd book of God, etc is not exactly in step with mainstream Americans.

[Lunar]

My ideal Dem Candidate would have been Jon Powers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Powers, unfortunately I just asked someone who was on his campaign, and he's in D.C. now.