{"id":16721,"date":"2014-07-09T07:30:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T11:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=16721"},"modified":"2014-07-09T07:30:22","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T11:30:22","slug":"ny21-race-all-politics-is-local-aint-what-it-used-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2014\/07\/09\/ny21-race-all-politics-is-local-aint-what-it-used-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"NY21 Race: “All politics is local” ain’t what it used to be"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rick Karlin, with the Albany Times-Union, has reported a fascinating piece<\/a> looking at the way that politicians in New York state are making bids for office more regularly in communities and districts where they have few ties.<\/p>\n

\"Aaron<\/a>

Aaron Woolf. Photo: Woolf Campaign, via Facebook<\/p><\/div>\n

He focuses a lot of ink on Democrat Aaron Woolf and Republican Elise Stefanik, both of whom shifted their residency into the North Country — both to Essex County, actually — to make runs for the 21st district House seat.<\/p>\n

“It seems that people from outside the district are going to be the players, and money makes the difference,” said Paul Maroun<\/a>, mayor of Tupper Lake and a longtime local Republican\u00a0activist, in an interview with Karlin.<\/p>\n

Maroun is now backing Stefanik, following her strong primary win in the GOP race, but speaking with the Times-Union he continued to express reservations about the shift in process:<\/p>\n

“You’ve got to know what it’s like to live on Wabeek Avenue in Tupper Lake, or down in Fulton County,” he added. The issues<\/p>\n

\"Stefanik<\/a>

Stefanik defeated Matt Doheny in the GOP primary, despite the fact that Doheny has lived in the district much longer.<\/p><\/div>\n

are different \u2014 Tupper Lake sits in an area with a timber and tourism history while in Fulton County, communities like Gloversville struggle to transition from their old-industry identities such as the tanneries and glove factories that used to dominate the scene, to the 21st century\u00a0economy.<\/p>\n

He added that having two relative newcomers as candidates is a recent phenomenon in the North Country. “It’s a phenomenon that this district at least has never experienced\u00a0before.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is this one of the unanticipated side-effects of the rising tide of cash in American politics, that money will come to match — or even supplant — local roots as key to a viable campaign?\u00a0 I’m not sure we can know yet, but it’s an interesting political phenomenon and worth keeping an eye on.\u00a0 Read Karlin’s full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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