23rd race: Ready… Set…
by David Sommerstein on July 23rd, 2009
Not quite yet. The Democrats still have a deadline of 5 pm this afternoon for candidates to declare their interest (it seems mostly they’re waiting for Darrel Aubertine to decide if he’s going run).
But, as we reported this morning on The 8 O’Clock Hour, Gouverneur’s Dede Scozzafava is the Republicans’ choice to try to hold the 23rd congressional district.
It’ll be a high stakes, multi-million dollar race with national exposure and big political implications, especially for the GOP, which is clinging to a toehold in the Northeast.
Tomorrow morning on The 8 O’Clock Hour, Martha Foley and I will be setting up the race and what’s at stake. Hopefully, we’ll have news from the Democratic camp, too. Tune in.
