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**Cha** · (This post was last modified: 05-11-2011 04:18 PM by Cha.)

Incumbent Christopher Lee".

The Special election will be held May 24th! Bounce

>snip from Glow Democrats via dkos<

“Oh, my. This could be a real barnburner coming up in upstate New York. On the heels of last week’s Siena poll showing a legitimate three-way battle for the U.S. house seat vacated by scandal-ridden GOP incumbent Christopher Lee, a new poll out of New York-26 shows just five points separating first from third in the battle. The new poll has Republican Jane Corwin leading with just 31%, with Democrat Kathy Hochul at 30% and “Crazy Jack” Davis, the Dem-turned-Tea Party candidate, just behind at 26%. Corwin (who, in an unrelated note, is the subject of one of the most hilarious satire sites I have seen in recent times) was the betting favorite in a district that even went Republican in the brutal GOP years of 2006 and 2008, when the GOP delegation from New York could have caucused in a broom closet. We’ll also be seeing some new numbers here in the coming week, as Daily Kos/DK Elections have asked our polling partners at PPP to take a look at this potentially wild three-way battle. The election will be held in a little over two weeks (May 24).”

>MORE<
http://glowdemocrats.org/2011/05/08/ny-2...82011-a-m/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/07...k-that-was

>snip<

American Crossroads, a conservative-aligned outside group, is launching television ads this week in the special election for New York’s 26th district, the latest sign that the race has tightened considerably.

American Crossroads will spent roughly $350,000 this week on broadcast and cable in the Buffalo and Rochester media markets. A second week of ads is already planned with Democratic ad buyers estimating the total Crossroads expenditure to be in the neighborhood of $650,000.

While the ad itself is not yet available, Crossroads spokesman Jonathan Collegio said that “this race has become artificially close because liberal Democrat Jack Davis is now trying to pass himself off as a conservative while the other liberal Democrat, Katie Hochul, is benefiting from his trick.” Added Collegio: “This ad buy seeks to expose the Democrat trick for what it is.”

The race for former Rep. Chris Le e’s ® Upstate seat was not expected to be close. Arizona Sen. John McCain ® carried the district by six points in 2008 and national Democratic strategists initially downplayed its competitiveness.

But, the decision by Davis, a well-heeled political gadfly who ran for the seat as a Democrat in 2006 and 2008, to enter the race as an independent aligned with the tea party has re-oriented the winning equation for both parties.

>MORE<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-..._blog.html

>snip<

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is placing a $250,000 TV ad buy in the race for a vacant western New York congressional seat, according to a knowledgeable Democratic official.

The buy ups the ante in a battle the committee had previously been reluctant to wade into, and comes on the same day that American Crossroads, a conservative third-party group, announced it would spend $650,000 on TV ads during the final two weeks of the race.

The DCCC has been quietly engaged in the race until now, funneling close to $100,000 to Democrat Kathy Hochul's campaign.

The National Republican Congressional Committee has yet to invest in the contest.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/davidcatan..._DCCC.html

>snip<

New York's two senators are coming to the aid of Democrat Kathy Hochul's surging campaign, and will each appear at events with her in the final two weekends of the special election race in New York's 26th District.

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) will campaign with Hochul on Sunday morning, May 15, in the Buffalo/Amherst area, according to a Democratic source. The two will also hold a press availability.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who has already sent out a fundraising appeal on Hochul's behalf, confirmed Monday she would also travel to the district on Hochul's behalf, but that appearance now has a date. The two Democratic women will hold a rally on Saturday, May 21 -- during the final weekend before that Tuesday's vote.

According to filings Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission, Hochul's campaign is also getting new financial help from other members of Congress. Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y) has given her campaign a $1,000 donation, while Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Recruitment Chair Allyson Schwartz's (D-Pa.) leadership PAC, We The People PAC, has also given her $1,000.

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http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com...illibr.php

Oh, and Big Whoop..boner and cantor have campaigned for Corwin..with Liars like that on your side..how can you lose? Think

**Sugarloaf** · 05-11-2011, 05:20 PM

Oh my, this looks like a nail-biter. My fingers are crossed for Kathy Hochul!!! We need every seat we can get. I hope they have her going from sun-up to sun-down every day of the week... and then some more. OK, maybe one day reserved for family-time and paperwork. Otherwise...

Go Kathy Go!!!!

**Cha** · 05-11-2011, 05:41 PM

(05-11-2011 05:20 PM)Sugarloaf Wrote: Oh my, this looks like a nail-biter. My fingers are crossed for Kathy Hochul!!! We need every seat we can get. I hope they have her going from sun-up to sun-down every day of the week... and then some more. OK, maybe one day reserved for family-time and paperwork. Otherwise...

Go Kathy Go!!!!

This is so interesting to me since I lived in Central NY for 12 years and that District up by Canada is sooo Republicon.

Not sure what Jack Davis is up to running as a teabagger when he ran before as Dem but apparently opening up more of a chance for the Democrat, Kathy Hochul! Bounce

**Sugarloaf** · 05-11-2011, 06:24 PM

(05-11-2011 05:41 PM)Cha Wrote:
(05-11-2011 05:20 PM)Sugarloaf Wrote: Oh my, this looks like a nail-biter. My fingers are crossed for Kathy Hochul!!! We need every seat we can get. I hope they have her going from sun-up to sun-down every day of the week... and then some more. OK, maybe one day reserved for family-time and paperwork. Otherwise...

Go Kathy Go!!!!
This is so interesting to me since I lived in Central NY for 12 years and that District up by Canada is sooo Republicon.

Not sure what Jack Davis is up to running as a teabagger when he ran before as Dem but apparently opening up more of a chance for the Democrat, Kathy Hochul!

Does the district take in Syracuse? My daughter is a SU graduate, and I remember the drive well. It reminds me a bit of conservative rural N. Maine, an area that I know well. A very republican area too. I'm glad that the DCCC really seems to be helping. Districts like this are very tough.

Go Kathy Go!!!

**RoyGBiv** · 05-11-2011, 05:43 PM

The satire site mentioned: http://www.janecorwin.org/

Quote:Corwin Endorsed by Recognizable Old Person
Posted on May 9, 2011 by admin

ERIE COUNTY - In response to her heroic support for Paul Ryan’s budget plan, which would end Medicare in favor of an innovative program called “widespread human suffering,” Jane Corwin has been given an award by Pat Boone, spokesman for the 60-Plus association. Boone was a famous singer in the days before it was learned that music could convey human emotions.

**Cha** · 05-11-2011, 05:53 PM

I missed even reading about that site in all my link gathering..thanks. I can't tell if anything is actually true on there. I'm sure Pat Boone sucks.

It made me go get Kathy Holchul's website, though..

http://www.kathyhochul.com/

**nofurylike** · 05-12-2011, 01:49 AM

thank you for this information, Cha!
great comments, all!