NY-29th: Maggie Still Pondering a Run

Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks
Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks
Reported by: Sean Carroll
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Updated: 6/23/2010 2:00 pm
Rochester, NY --- Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks is back home this weekend after spending a few days in Washington D.C. where – quite possibly – her next job may take her. 

On Wednesday, Rep. Eric Massa made it known that he would not seek re-election, and Brooks said in a statement that she was fielding calls about a potential run for that seat.  Friday, that speculation about her political future intensified when Rep. Massa announced he would resign his Congressional seat effective Monday, March 8th at 5 p.m.

This weekend Brooks is spending time “seriously considering a run,” according to spokesman Noah Lebowitz.  She’s meeting with close advisors, discussing matters with family, and could make an announcement one way or another early next week.

Brooks lives in Webster just outside of the 29th Congressional District but legally that does not prohibit her from running or even holding that office; one only need to be a resident in the same state as the Congressional District they represent.  It’s assumed that Brooks would move into the district if she were elected.

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eastsidekid - 3/8/2010 11:27 AM
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Don't do it Maggie. You have worked hard all these years. Retire and sit back and enjoy life.

clone - 3/8/2010 12:46 AM
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Run maggie, run...And keep running until we say to stop.

4everwatchful - 3/7/2010 5:17 AM
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Maggie...Would your husband get a higher paying position if you do get elected? Hmmmmmm?

nanaw45 - 3/7/2010 2:45 AM
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Maggie Brooks go for it,you would make a Congress Woman. I have known you for along time and I know you can do it. I would vote for you. Thank you for all you have done as Monroe County Executive.

chatty - 3/6/2010 8:34 PM
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Oh Maggie, keep out of it, you have enough failures where you are now...work on the pork in the County! Like starting with the Water Authority!

Whenry - 3/6/2010 8:02 PM
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Run? How about a hike as in "Why don't you take a..."

phillipdampier - 3/6/2010 6:55 PM
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That's ridiculous. Randy Kuhl lost because he was a rubber stamp for Dubya, voting with him 87.9% of the time during his last term in office. The 29th district is not as conservative as the GOP has trended in the last decade or so, and Kuhl lost touch with his constituents. Upstate New York, right along with the rest of the northeast, is endangered territory for today's Republican party, which prefers to cater to ill-informed Glenn Beck and tea party crowd. After eight years of failure under Mr. Bush, it's no surprise Massa won the 29th district. If the 29th gets stuck with another character like "Randy the Dandy," it will be ripe for the taking two years later.

Speakfreely - 3/6/2010 6:41 PM
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We don't need another RINO in Congress, We don't need Brooks or Kuhl in Congress. We need a real conservative Republican, like Reed. If the Republicans push either Brooks or Kuhl onto the ballot, I can guarantee that it will serve to further fracture relations between the Republican Party and its own conservative Republican factions as well as the Conservative Party and independent voters. Remember Kuhl lost because he was a RINO, not because Massa was a better candidate.
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