Tedisco Back As Minority Leader
Assemblyman Minority Leader James Tedisco, R-Schenectady, was unanimously re-elected as minority leader for another two-year term today.
The Assembly minority did lose one seat on Election Day, bringing their total in the chamber to 41 after Republican Assemblyman Tom Kirwan, R-Newburgh, lost
But that didn’t stop the conference from backing Tedisco, who was first elected to the post in 2005 and gained national attention last year for being an outspoken critic of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s plan last year to give drivers’ licenses to illegal immigrants.
“To once again receive the unanimous support of my colleagues
is, without question, an honor. I appreciate the confidence and trust they
continue to place in me. Having the privilege to serve as their Leader – and advance the policies and principles of our Conference – is a
responsibility that I take very seriously,” Tedisco said.
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The Republicans presently should have about 8 more seats than they do now. That should’ve been rock bottom but they lost 8 Republican-leaning seats and now another one with Kirwan brining that total to 9 Republican-leaning seats lost.
The GOP conference made a big mistake by putting Tedisco in charge in the first place and by again choosing him as leader.
Mistake has no idea what they’re talking about. Unlike the Senate and virtually every other Republican committee across the country, Tedisco brought back all his members. Kirwan’s a good guy but he lost because he’s old, and refused to run a campaign and I’m sure his health issues played into his lethargy. Those 8 seats were due to the complete ineptitude of the previous minority leader.
abe vagoda points to tedisco bringing back all of his members as some sort of grand accomplishment. it’s not. and he didn’t bring back all of his members, he lost one.
tedisco made the greg ball race his top priority this year and did so at the expense of assembly republican challengers who could have used racc’s help and support to be victorious.
instead, tedisco put together an half a$$ed incumbent protection plan. he lost one seat and picked up none. it’s been this way for a few years now under tedisco’s leadership. he and the rest of the frat-house flunkies he surrounds himself with should be taken out of control.
assembly republicans continue their irrelevance.