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Primary, Special Election, Court—Hiram Monserrate Will Not Go Away
Fears of Peralta’s performance in head-to-head Senate match-up begin to circulate
By Sal Gentile
Embattled Queens Senator Hiram Monserrate has vowed to run again for his seat if his colleagues vote to expel him for his misdemeanor conviction in a domestic abuse case. But Democratic powerbrokers in Albany and Queens who thought that their anointed candidate, Assembly Member José Peralta, would banish the memory of Monserrate forever are now fretting over his chances in a head-to-head race with the beleaguered incumbent.Despite getting ...
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Money-Starved SRCC Forces Republicans Into Early Triage In State Senate Fight
Challenges in battlegrounds like Westchester, Nassau and Queens could fizzle
By Sal Gentile
Senate Republicans were brimming with optimism in the days after the 2009 elections. GOP candidates had stunned Democratic incumbents in battleground suburbs, setting the stage for a potentially historic comeback in 2010, including a possible takeover of the State Senate.Then the cold reality set in: the state Republican Party is broke.According to campaign finance records, the Senate Republicans’ Campaign Committee reported just under $1 ...
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