[governsleastgovernsbest]

In 1994, Bob Moppert easily carried Hinchey's home county of Ulster, and would have won the election but lost Binghamton's Broome County overwhelmingly.

By the way, Tompkins County has the misfortune of being represented by both Hinchey and RINO Boehlert!

[mdmathis6]

Because the right to lifers(I'm pro-life but not necessarily a one issue voter) split the conservative vote. It happened again in 1996, 1998. amd 2000. It was especially bitter in 1998 when the Randall Terry campaign raised the spectre of child abuse allegations against the Republican candidate. I lost all respect for Terry and have looked askance at some of his followers (who I knew personally) after that. I didnot like the republican candidate for other reasons(RINO reasons) and voted for Hinchey on the Liberal line just because I didn't want the Democrats to get the credit. I voted conservative in 2000 and 2002(but not for Boelert).