timesunion.com - 4/6/2009
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CLIFTON PARK - When ex-U.S. Rep. John Sweeney was stopped by state troopers early Sunday he refused to get out of his car for a roadside sobriety tests, according to court records. He would not pass the sobriety test, Sweeney allegedly told the officers, adding he was in "big trouble.'' ...
timesunion.com - 4/1/2009
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timesunion.com —
SARATOGA SPRINGS The race in the 20th
Congressional District between Republican Jim Tedisco and Democrat Scott...
Murphy is too close to call. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Murphy leads Tedisco by only 59 votes, 77,344 to 77,285. Thousands ...
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20th too close to call -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NY
timesunion.com - 4/4/2009
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timesunion.com —
ALBANY Just when you thought the race
in the 20th Congressional District couldn't get more dramatic,...
Friday brought two new plot developments: Schenectady Republican Jim Tedisco stepped aside from his job as Assembly minority leader, and the state ...
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20th House vote produces a tie, for now -- Page 1 -- ...
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Ex-Rep. John Sweeney Arrested for DWI
Politics Daily —
... ''I would not pass them,'' Sweeney - who used to be a local STOP-DWI coordinator - told police officers, according to The Times Union. ''I'm in big trouble.'' ...
Upstate Update
The Corner on National Review Online —
Monday, April 06, 2009 [image] Upstate Update [ David Freddoso ] The court case over the Tedisco-Murphy election in New York's 20th District is over when to count domestic absentee ballots. Murphy's side wants them counted now, whereas Tedisco would like them to be counted after the deadline for overseas and military ballots to come in, which is April 13. There remains some uncertainty about the precise vote count. On Friday afternoon, the New York State Board of Elections declared an exact tie in their unofficial count of the Election Day tally. The Albany Times-Union posted different numbers from the counties ...
The Daily Muck
TPMMuckraker —
Dawn Gibbons, the first lady of Nevada, has accused Republican Governor Jim Gibbons of infidelity with two women, a including a former Playboy model, in divorce papers filed recently. Mrs. Gibbons also claims that the Governor sent 860 improper text messages to an aide, Kathy Karrasch, from a state cell phone. Gibbons repaid the state $130 for the text messages but says that they were not "love notes" and that he was consulting with Karrasch on state business. In court documents, Mrs. Gibbons said that this claim "is false, and is laughable." Gibbons has been accused of improper relations with women in the past, including ...
NY-20: Sweeney Still A Disgrace
Daily Kos —
... By now, no doubt, you've heard that Jim Tedisco's political benefactor, former NY-20 Republican Rep. John Sweeney (who was defeated by Kirsten Gillibrand in his 2006 re-election bid) was arrested over the weekend on a felony DWI charge. ...
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