Abbate, Stammel Split On Teachout County Committee Meets Feb. 10 To Endorse COOPERSTOWN – A majority of the 19th District’s Democratic county chairs, including Otsego’s Richard Abbate, supported former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout to run for the seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19, at year’s end. The chairs, with Abbate participating by speaker phone, met in Hudson on Saturday, and the chair said he would seek a unified front when he convenes the full county committee Tuesday,…
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Democratic Chairs Unite For Teachout Otsego’s Abbate Joins Consensus Democratic county chairs from across the 19th District met in Ulster County Saturday and emerged with a consensus that Zephyr Teachout should run to succeed U.S. Rep. Chris Gilbson, the Republican who is retiring at the end of the year. Teachout, who won the Otsego County nomination for governor against incumbent Andrew Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic primary, was in Cooperstown Wednesday, where she obtained the support of with County Chairman…
Zephyr Builds Bridges With Local Democrats Meets Today With Abbate, Katz, Exec Committee…
Zephyr Teachout To Visit For Book Signing ONEONTA – Zephyr Teachout, who beat Governor Cuomo in Otsego and 29 other Upstate counties in the September Democratic party, is coming back Friday, Oct. 17. At 2 p.m., the Fordham law professor and former staffer in Howard Dean’s presidential campaign, will be autographing copies of her book, “Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United,” in the Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St. “This is going to be an…
TEACHOUT HAMMERS CUOMO IN OTSEGO COUNTY, LOSES NY Zephyr Teachout hammered Governor Cuomo in Otsego County in today’s Democratic primary, 1,372-480, although Cuomo won statewide. In the 21st Assembly District, Bill Magee won this county and Madison. With 60 percent of the vote in, county Democratic Chairman Richard Abbate of Cooperstown said he believed the veteran legislator has turned back a challenge from Sherrill Council member Mike Hennessy. In the Town of Oneonta, Republican Trish Riddell Kent beat Democrat Dave Rowley…
Zephyr Teachout Appearance Rescheduled For Saturday ONEONTA – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout’s Oneonta appearance, scheduled for today, has been rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Foothills Performing Arts Center. …
Zephyr Teachout To Speak In Oneonta Aug. 29 ONEONTA – Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham University law professor who is running against Andrew Cuomo in the Tuesday, Sept. 9, Democratic primary, will be back in Otsego County at 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, at the Foothills Performing Arts Center. A fundraiser will follow at the Green Earth, a few doors up the street. Teachout is a progressive who positioned herself as the “true Democratic candidate” when she appeared earlier this month…
Cuomo Challenger Zephyr Teachout Wins Applause For Liberal Message…