Morning Read: In Assembly race, a mixed bag for Hoffman
Doug Hoffman is back on the North Country political scene, chasing an Assembly seat this time — and it’s been a bit of a mixed bag so far.
The Glens Falls Post Star notes this morning that Hoffman lost the GOP endorsement in his home county of Essex to Queensbury town supervisor Dan Stec.
Stec received about 60 percent of the weighted vote to beat second-place finisher Doug Hoffman of Lake Placid, who received about 37 percent, and two other candidates, said county Republican Chairman Ronald Jackson.
Jackson said supporters of Stec were impressed with his local government experience and with his willingness to step aside and support endorsed Republican candidates in the 2002 Assembly and 2010 congressional races.
“He’s got the big spirits, he’s got the background, and he’s been a good Republican his whole life,” Jackson said.
On the other hand, Hoffman did pick up the Conservative Party nod in Warren County — Stec’s home county, which the Post Star called “a major endorsement.”
Jackson’s reference to Stec’s willingness to “step aside” hints at the jitters that Republicans have to be feeling here about even the remote possibility of a third-party run by Hoffman on the Conservative line.
This Assembly seat is pretty safe Republican territory, but Jay town supervisor Randy Douglas has said he’ll announce today whether he’ll make a Democratic bid for the post.
If he jumps in, Douglas will be a formidable candidate and Republicans and Conservatives would need to be unified to beat him.
Tags: adirondacks, election12, politics
Just because Doug Hoffman has so much money that nobody in his family will ever have to work again as long as they live doesn’t mean Doug isn’t paying too much in taxes!
It’s not like the American Government had anything to do with the infrastructure, employee education, or anything else to do with the foundation of his success.
I find it interesting that Dan Stec has been touting his status as a recently minted 46er to show that he is learning about Adirondack issues.
Is it any help in Republican electorate to be seen as a 46er? Does climbing some mountains help all that much in understanding ADK issues?
Dan has lived here most of his life and he hasn’t really ventured into the heart of darkness of the Adirondack wilderness until he started climbing the High Peaks?
Most important, Dan grew up in the Park and is the town supervisor of Queensbury which is partly in the Park, and is the head of the Warren County Board of Supervisors, and all he’s got for ADK cred is that he’s a 46er?
Overtaxed:
“It’s not like the American Government had anything to do with the infrastructure, employee education, or anything else to do with the foundation of his success.”
Since we all have these things, why aren’t we all successful?
Who all is this we? :0