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Rhiannon12866

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12. Well, we originally were in the same district as several counties to the south
Tue Aug 17, 2021, 05:45 AM
Aug 2021

But when we got redistricted, we were joined with the ones to the north - but we got Bill Owens at the time and he was a moderate Democrat. Previously, I worked on the campaign for Scott Murphy, the Dem who replaced Kirsten Gillibrand after she was appointed senator (when Hillary Clinton became Obama's SoS). He was really terrific - and he was local which was very cool since he knows the area - but he lost his second election to a Republican.

And I thought I saw signs of cheating of sorts already. Scott and his Republican opponent (Chris Gibson) had a debate, and the audience was full of these red-shirted senior citizens. I was told that he had them bused in (after giving them lunch) and they were pretty disruptive, though some of them got confused about what they were cheering for.

When I saw the campaign ads for Antonio Delgado, I really wished we could have him instead of Stefanik.

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