Gillibrand spends $9.36 million in 3rd quarter
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s campaign spent $9.36 million in the three months ending Sept. 30, according to the cover pages of her Federal Election Commission report. Gillibrand has raised $15.22 million...
View ArticleCountdown To US Senate Debate
We are just under 7 hours from the start of the only US Senate Debate that is schedule between incumbent Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican challenger Wendy Long. Liz and NY1?s Political Anchor...
View ArticleGillibrand outraised Long 5-1 in last filing period
Jana Kasperkevic of the Hearst Washington Bureau reports: Incumbent Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand raised five times as much in contributions as her Republican challenger, Wendy Long, between July and...
View ArticleLong and Gillibrand clash on fracking, abortion
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Poorly funded and lesser known, Wednesday night’s televised debate was the best chance Wendy Long had to land a punch on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. But her core campaign message — an...
View ArticleVideo: Wendy Long assesses her debate performance
Here’s Jimmy’s post-game interview with Republican U.S. Senate candidate Wendy Long, conducted after Wednesday night’s debate with Kirsten Gillibrand at Skidmore College. Long expands on her positions...
View ArticleMarist poll: Gillibrand leads Long by 44 points
Thirty-one percent of likely Mitt Romney voters in New York plan to vote for Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the race for U.S. Senate, according to a Marist poll released this evening. Gillibrand...
View ArticleThe ten best and ten worst political campaigns of 2012
Best campaigns best campaigns 2012 1. Ted Cruz, Republican, U.S. Senate, Texas The former Texas solicitor general came out of nowhere to defeat a wealthy, well-known Republican rival, Lt. Gov. David...
View ArticleWendy Long: Let The Sandy Victims Cruise
US Senate candidate Wendy Long has a proposal for the up to 40,000 people left without shelter as a result of Superstorm Sandy: House them on cruise ships. “Cruise ships could feasibly be used as a...
View ArticleWendy Long tells of poll chicanery
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Wendy Long is raising a red flag about her voting experience, saying poll workers suggested she fill in a straight Democratic ticket on her paper ballot. Long, an...
View ArticleNot a stunner: Gillibrand wins Senate race
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand cruised to victory on Tuesday, beating her Republican opponent Wendy Long, according to exit polls conducted by the Associated Press, CNN and others immediately after polls...
View ArticleWendy Long makes her 2011 taxes available (update)
Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long is making her taxes available to reporters today at the Albany offices of Capitol Public Strategies (which merged with Park Strategies in late August). This...
View ArticleFact checking the ad attacking Gillibrand on jobs
A television ad began running last week in upstate markets attacking Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on the issue of jobs. The 30-second ad, which is a response to Gillibrand’s own ad in which she...
View ArticleState Democrats nominate Schumer as he seeks fourth term
Clarification: This post has been updated to reflect that Schumer is still pushing the GOP-controlled Senate to confirm this year an Obama nominee to the Supreme Court. State Democrats nominated U.S....
View ArticleHere is Wendy Long’s Senate announcement video
It’s been an open secret that state Republicans, who are gathering for their convention Friday in Buffalo, will nominate New York City lawyer Wendy Long to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer...
View ArticleLong accepts designation
New York City lawyer Wendy Long just accepted the state Republican party’s designation to run against Democrat Chuck Schumer, giving a long address that ranged from her upbringing in small-town New...
View ArticleWendy Long reaches out to Sanders supporters
Wendy Long campaigns at the Capitol in 2012. (Paul Buckowski, Times Union) Conservative Republican Wendy Long, who is once again embarked on a steep climb of a U.S. Senate challenge to Chuck Schumer,...
View ArticleWendy Long hits Schumer as ‘poster child’ for rigged system
Wendy Long addressed the New York delegation at the Republican National Convention. (Casey Seiler, Times Union) In case you haven’t been following Wendy Long’s Twitter feed, she made the central...
View ArticlePoll: Trump doesn’t help GOP in bid to retain Senate power
Voters think Republican Donald Trump will help in the battle for control of the state Senate — help Democrats, that is. A Siena Research Institute poll released Wednesday shows that 62 percent of...
View ArticleClinton maintains strong lead over Trump in New York
Despite a small dip in her numbers from last month, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is maintaining a strong lead over Republican Donald Trump in New York, a new poll shows. Clinton...
View ArticleSchumer, Long to debate on TWC News Oct. 30
Democratic U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and Republican challenger Wendy Long will debate on Time Warner Cable News Oct. 30, the station announced Tuesday. The 60-minute debate will take place at 8 p.m....
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