Posted on 02/09/2010 7:29:36 PM PST by God luvs America
With 96 percent of districts reporting in the special election for the 89th State Assembly seat along Westchester County eastern corridor, Republican Bob Castelli has received a landslide 56-44% landslide victory against Democrat Peter Harckham.
For New York, for Westchester, for Republicans and for taxpayers exasperated with business as usual in Albany -- tonight was the game changer.
"It's a shot across the bow to people like Sheldon Silver and entrenched bosses," said Castelli in his victory speech.
Joining Castelli as a big winner tonight is Westchester County Republican Chairman Doug Colety, whose winning streak in this former Democratic bastion (whose registration edge is still overwhelmingly Democrat) demonstrates to the rest of New York that Republicans can win anywhere.
Also a big winner is newly elected Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, whose team came through to help Castelli.
More important, the presence of tea party activists across the mid and lower Hudson Valley during this special election couldn't be missed -- though the renewed organization and new enthusiasm of a dozen local political committees in this Assembly district in the Republican, Conservative and Independence parties brought dozens of new volunteers and leaders to the fray.
This was clearly a grass-roots effort and indicative of things to come in New York State.
“Dead people, multiple voting, illegals, etc. are all fair game for them (Dem-bulb’s) to pull off any victory.”
Yes, I do not disagree with you. The D-evil Party will do anything to “win” an election. We must all be alert and be active.
It isn’t just “republicans” that can win anywhere .. IT’S CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS THAT CAN WIN ANYWHERE!!!
BTTT!
The Nestea plunge.
NY 24 is next...your days are numbered Arcuri, you faux blue-dog socialist.
Well there is still plenty of time till the filing deadline. Hopefully they’ll get their act together soon.
Tedisco definitely should not run for higher office again. It was his to lose and he lost.
filing deadline? what group of party imbeciles waits until the filing deadline? ...
I hope they don’t wait that long. It’s in July.
Today would be more to my liking.
I’m from Westchester. What other towns are in the district?
I concerned about the State Island Seat. One of the Republicans is an “Environmenal Policy Advocate & Ex-Aide to NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg”
Thanks for the NYS news..
Staten Island has a parochial political culture of its own, in a very “family” sense. The “Conservative” Party is basically a patronage organization, ditto the local GOP. Ideological issues are less at play there.
Staten Island has a parochial political culture of its own, in a very “family” sense. The “Conservative” Party is basically a patronage organization, ditto the local GOP. Ideological issues are less at play there.
Hey native New Yorker, I am from Queens,also now in Texas since 1980!
YES, YES, YES...GO TEA PARTIERS.
Does anyone know at what rate the Tea Party numbers are growing? Is there an estimate of how may Tea Partiers there are in America? I’d love to see a State-by-State break down but I know that’s asking too much.
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