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timesunion.com - 3/26/2009

Libertarian removed from ballot -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NY

— timesunion.com — ALBANY — Libertarian candidate Eric Sundwall gave up his fight Wednesday for a spot on the ballot... in the race to fill Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's vacant seat in Congress. "We are dismayed that the people of the 20th Congressional District will not have ... (more) Libertarian removed from ballot -- Page 1 -- Times Union ...

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bizjournals.com - 3/27/2009

Murphy passes Tedisco in latest poll - The Business Review (Albany):

— bizjournals.com — Democrat Scott Murphy has taken a 4 percentage point lead over Republican Jim Tedisco in the race... for the 20th Congressional District, according to the latest Siena Research Institute poll. That's outside the 3.2 percent margin of error. However, by a ... (more) Murphy passes Tedisco in latest poll - The Business ...

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youtube.com - 3/27/2009

Scott Murphy Ad (video)

— youtube.com — Doesn't Jim Tedisco notice that our economy is in trouble? And why does Tedisco opposes Barack Obama's... plan to create jobs and cut our taxes.Watch the ad an... (more) Scott Murphy Ad (video)

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Bonus Backlash: Dem Strategy
The Atlantic Politics Channel — The AIG bonuses flap has become an issue, not just for President Obama and Sen. Chris Dodd, but for Democrat Scott Murphy, who is currently running a tight race against Republican Jim Tedisco in the March 31 special election to fill newly appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's (D) old House seat in upstate New York. Tedisco and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) have hammered Murphy--a venture capitalist by trade--for approving bonuses for his own employees and, policywise, for supporting the stimulus bill, whose provision on executive bonuses exempted previously contracted payments (and thus, AIG's bonuses) from its restriction. ...

GOP Candidate Launches New Round Of Attack Ads
TPM Election Central — Check out the new attack ads from Jim Tedisco, the Republican candidate in next Tuesday's special election for Kirsten Gillibrand's old House seat. The first one belongs to that very novel category of attack, practiced by all sides in politics -- the kind that blasts his Democratic opponent Scott Murphy for running attack ads: Some things should be noted about the citations here, such as the Albany Times Union saying a Murphy ad was "unfair." To be exact, the ad was from the DCCC, though the Murphy campaign itself did stand by it. On the other hand, the same newspaper recently ...

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