Will multiple primaries lead to voter confusion?
Republican Presidential primary politics comes to New York state Tuesday. It's the first of three different primary days across the state this year. Election officials worry that all these primary days...
View ArticleState GOP leaders look ahead to general election
New York’s Presidential primary is Tuesday, but the initial excitement over the vote vanished when Rick Santorum dropped out earlier this month. State GOP leaders say they are looking ahead to the...
View ArticleRomney rolls in New York, despite low voter turnout
Mitt Romney won New York’s presidential primary Tuesday without much difficulty. Romney won 62.4% of the vote statewide. Ron Paul finished second, picking up 15.7%. Newt Gingrich finished third, with...
View ArticleLawmakers agree to change September 11th primary date
The state’s September primary is going to be delayed by two days, now that the legislature has agreed to move the date from Tuesday, September 11 to Thursday, September 13.
View ArticleSenate candidate Wendy Long might have the upper hand in upstate NY
With a little more than a month to go before the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, recent polls show the three candidates vying for a chance to face Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the general election...
View ArticleGOP primary possibilities
The only statewide race in the upcoming June 26 federal primary in New York state, is the contest to see who will take on U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the November election. But even the...
View ArticleGillibrand talks election year politics
While visiting Syracuse today to promote a new bill to help small businesses, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand rebuffed the criticisms of her opponents that she has moved further to the left since taking...
View ArticleInterview: Republican Michael Kicinski, candidate for 22nd Congressional...
Tomorrow is Congressional primary day in New York. In the newly redrawn 22nd district, which runs from the Mohawk Valley, south through Cortland to Binghamton, Republican incumbent Richard Hanna is...
View ArticleFederal primary day in New York state
There are a number of primary elections today for federal posts, including for Congress and the U.S. Senate, but turnout is expected to be very low.
View ArticleNovember Congressional ballot decided
Tuesday's federal primary in New York state was marked by low turnout. New York's primaries were split into three dates this year, with a presidential primary in April, Tuesday's Congressional primary...
View ArticleState primary day brings confusion
It's a quiet primary day in Central New York this year. There are only scattered elections across the area on the day that lets voters, registered in political parties, choose who will be on the...
View ArticleMiner speaks out about close state Senate races
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner is criticizing campaign rhetoric used during one of last week’s state Senate primaries. Three of the four Republican state senators who broke with the party to vote to...
View ArticleCuomo says "extremists" challenged pro-gay marriage GOP senators
Both pro- and anti-gay marriage forces are claiming victory after a split primary result in two key state senate races. Meanwhile, Governor Andrew Cuomo says two pro-same sex marriage Republican...
View ArticleWill the GOP have a candidate for Syracuse mayor?
While a Democratic primary in the race for mayor of Syracuse features a full field, Republicans in the city have yet to come up with a candidate. So they're buying themselves a little more time to find...
View ArticleSyracuse Councilor-at-Large candidates discuss city government
Three candidates running for Syracuse Common Councilor-at-Large in a September primary joined Grant Reheer's Campbell Conversation to talk about the role of the city's legislative branch of government.
View ArticleMayoral candidate Pat Hogan talks about equal rights
Syracuse Common Councilor Pat Hogan has unveiled an equal rights plan as part of his campaign for mayor and criticized the city’s handling of police use of force on a bus patron in the spring.Hogan is...
View ArticleHogan wants to put more focus on city neighborhoods
Syracuse Common Councilor Pat Hogan unveiled the final platform of his campaign challenge to unseat Mayor Stephanie Miner on Monday with his neighborhood agenda.The Democratic challenger says he wants...
View ArticleSyracuse mayoral candidates square off during Campbell Conversations forum
The three candidates in the Democratic primary race for mayor of Syracuse squared off during a forum on WRVO'sCampbell Conversations on Tuesday. Incumbent Stephanie Miner will face Common Councilor Pat...
View ArticleWatertown primary decides city council candidates, draws few voters
Four of the six candidates running for Watertown City Council, including the race's two incumbents, are moving on to the general election in November, following Tuesday's primary election.Incumbent...
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