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Teachout Makes It Official:

She’s Running For Congress

As widely expected, Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham University law professor now living in Dover Plains, announced this afternoon, by press release and a Facebook posting, that she is running for Congress in the 19th District that includes Otsego County, seeking to replace Chris Gibson, who is retiring.

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