Steck vs. Brooks in Sign-Stealing Media Frenzy
New Tonko, Steck Advertisements Hit Airwaves
Debates, Endorsements, and Issues Continue
While it started out as another week on the campaign trail, at some point things turned early to endgame-style movement in the Democratic primary in New York’s 21’s Congressional District. Endorsements continued, mailboxes kept on getting campaign literature, and candidates continued to debate issues and get their message out to the voters.
Five Democrats – Tracey Brooks, Darius Shahinfar, Phil Steck, Joseph Sullivan, and Paul Tonko – have all be running since between January and June at a very steadily increasing pace as we inch closer to primary day in about three weeks.
In the last 24 hours, however, things have intensified and the campaign has become the hotly contested primary as predicted. The phrase "the gloves have come off" may be appropriate given the most recent and still developing news. That, everything else that’s happened on the campaign trail, and a little bit more than your average news story below the fold...
Cross-Posted on The Albany Project
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