Gothamist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rick Lazio , former L.I. Congressman and the guy who ran for a Senate seat against Hillary Clinon, feels good about his 2010 chances, after GOP gubernatorial victories in NJ and Virginia. He told WCBS 2 , "Tuesday was, to me, very much a validation of my message. Government has become unresponsive, unaccountable and the people have lost faith." Marist pollster Lee Miringoff...
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | yesterday
The wave of voter anger aimed at incumbents in last Tuesday's off-year elections is just what an against-all-odds campaign in New York's governor's race needed. Two weeks ago, Republican candidate Rick Lazio was quietly running an uphill campaign for the 2010 race. He faced a rising Democratic wave in New York, with every statewide office held by Democrats, rising party enrollment and...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio is early out of the box with an effort to capitalize on the results of yesterday's elections - both here in New York and nationally. I guess this marks the official start of the 2010 cycle, which has been stealthily underway for some time now. In an e-mail sent to his supporters as well as the Republican and Conservative chairs in all 62 counties,...
BLANKNEY JOURNAL (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
On this day in 2000, Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of the president, won a seat for the Democrats in the Senate to become the only First Lady to win elective office in US history. Votes were still being counted but exit polls showed she had a clear majority over Republican rival Rick Lazio in the state of New York. The Clinton family voted near their home in Chappaqua, north of the city,...
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... in six districts, givining them a veto-proof majority. Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio put out a message to Republican leaders across the state this morning that the victories bode well for the GOP heading into next year. “Last night, the people said loudly and clearly with their ballots that enough is enough,” he said. “I will advance this new movement in New York as...
