NY-29 BLOG: Here’s What I’m Hearing (UPDATE)

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Rochester, N.Y. - The week is nearing an end, yet many questions remain concerning a NY-District 29 replacement. Who? When? How and always the Why?

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MrDemocracy - 3/18/2010 3:31 PM

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I think Samara Barend would be an excellent choice. She has a great life story (brought I-86 to the region) and came close to defeating Kuhl. As I recall the whole "dirty politics" charge was proven to be a bunch of bull. An intern for her campaign legally obtained court records on Randy Kuhl which showed that he has a history of domestic violence -- as the AP confirmed. I fail to see how airing the facts is "dirty." What I do remember is that Samara had fresh ideas and a track record of actually accomplishing things for the district. Here's hoping she runs again!

Jim4now - 3/15/2010 11:16 AM

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"DowninStuben" wrote: "Any chance that Samara Barend, the young Southern Tier-born lady who fought such a spirited campaign against Randy the first time out..." I'm a member of the Democratic party who lives in Brighton and I did NOT vote for Ms. Barend when she ran against Randy Kuhl. As I recall, she ran a campaign based on dirty politics. That someone so new to the political process would stoop so low in her first campaign did not give me a good feeling as to her future. Cross her off the list of potential candidates!

Speakfreely - 3/13/2010 4:18 PM

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The recent resignation of Congressman Eric Massa has left the 29th Congressional District without representation during this crucial time in our nation's history. As the Congress may very soon be calling for a floor vote on the Government Healthcare Plan, we deserve to have our district represented in Congress. The only way this can happen is by the Governor of New York setting the date for a special election to be held within 30 to 40 days of his announcement, every day he delays is another day we are without representation. To compound this critical issue are the several school board and school budget votes that will be held on May 18, 2010. As these school board/budget votes will utilize the very same machine we will needed for the special election and by law those machines have to be secured for 30 days preceding and 3o days after those school budget/board votes it is crucial that the special election be held prior 30 days prior to the school district votes. If this does not happen, we will not be able to have a special election until mid June or July. That means possibly four months without our 29th District voices, hearts and minds being represented on the floor of the House of Representatives. At this crucial time, that is simply unacceptable and cannot stand. What can you do? 1. You can call or email your state representatives in the NYS Assembly and Senate and ask that they pressure the Governor to move quickly to set a date for our special election. 2. You can call every news media source in the 29th Congressional District and ask them to cover this lapse in representation. But, You cannot do nothing and expect others to do this for you, you must engage, we must be successful. Yours in faith and patriotism, Steven

DowninSteuben - 3/12/2010 10:41 AM

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Any chance that Samara Barend, the young Southern Tier-born lady who fought such a spirited campaign against Randy the first time out, and who carried Monroe County heavily against him, would be available? Her name is well-remembered, she attracts plenty of young people, and she really would be a worthy candidate. She had been an intern/staffer for Sen. Moynihan.

SCarroll - 3/12/2010 10:02 AM

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Jim4Now --- Thanks for the compliments and comments. As to your point, don't underestimate the Monroe County portion of this district. It's a larger "sliver" than you think and accounts for a solid third of the electorate because of population density. I agree that this has always been seen as a "Southern Tier Set" and combing that region for a candidate is ideal...but finding quality Democrats down there is a needle-in-the-haystack approach. (hope that helps)

Jim4now - 3/12/2010 8:35 AM

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Sean, thank you for the overview of what may lie ahead for the 29th. At this point I am ready to create a "March madness" style bracket to try and figure out who my next representative will be. I do have a question for you: since Monroe County is only a sliver of the 29th district, shouldn't there be more than one possible candidate from the southern parts of the district? There must be someone from Cattaraugus, Steuben, or Yates counties that is interested in this job. Is the reason the fact that a candidate from that region couldn't raise the necessary funding to run?

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