Republican Rick Lazio has secured 55 percent of the weighted vote to win the GOP nomination for governor at the party’s convention this spring, picking up the endorsements today from the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester and Rockland county chairmen.
Brooklyn Republican chairman Craig Eaton, Westchester Republican chairman Doug Colety, Rockland Republican chairman Vincent Reda and Bronx Republican chairman Jay Savino all announced today that the backing Lazio.
With Erie County Executive Chris Collins’ decision this week to not run for the post, Lazio is the only Republican candidate seeking the nomination—although Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has been making overtures to Republican leaders.
The biggest weighted vote total landed today comes from Westchester, which has about 6 percent of the total vote.
“Change is on the march. Across this country and across this state, people are demanding real change,” Lazio said in a statement. “People are sick and tired of what government has become. Government overreaches, overtaxes and overspends. Our current structure of government is fundamentally broken. It cannot stand. I will be the voice of the great silent majority that is standing up and saying that they have had enough.”
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Really? It isn’t in the actual news outlets, or even on his facebook page. Really?
it is reported however by this blog and somehow doesnt
really matter if it appears anywhere else..what andrew
cuomo and the democrats have to be afraid of is that
Lazio like Brown in massachusettes will tap into voter
dissatisfaction and disgust…but Lazio needs to be
concerned with one issue..in Mass Brown was pro choic
there is no conservative party to force him to the right
on social issues…he was a fiscally conservative republican
and that was fine with the party…In NY because of the
cross endorsement policy Lazio has to be concerned with
MikeLongs insisting he be pro life..because that will lose
the election for him before he gets going
Oh, please Lazio is very acceptable to Conservatives as is. He is running the same mode as Brown on life issues.
BTW….look at the Brown website, it was pretty damn prolife! !
Infact, day of election bad calls went to prolifers to stay home and not come out to vote for Brown, which Brown people had to repair.
Check my facebook for link.
Never met a Guy who is so concerned about the life issue
I know Rick quite well, and I can tell you that he is a very affable person. He will certainly be able to work with others collaboratively in Albany.
Patakistein was not pro-choice and Long support him all three times, You have to understand that Long is part of the Arthur Finkelstein & Co Machine he does what they tell him. In 1989 in supported Ron Lauder over “Rudy” Guess who was making money on Ron Lauder as his Consultant if you said Arthur Finkelstein & Co you win a doll.
The people backing Laziostein are the very same people who sold the NYGOP down the river time and time again.
Why these “Leaders” want to go along with their “Monster” shows how little they realize why they lost in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2006
They only Republican that won was their monster called Patakistein, they took Laziostein for a ride in 2000 and made a fortune of money of his campaign.
Wake up Laziostein and smell the flowers.
Count Vampire J. Machiavelli
VJ Machiavelli
No More Schumer
No More Pelosi
No More Rangel
No More Engel and his Million Dollar Home in Maryland
No More Arthur Finkelstein & Co, and
No StinkingTerrorists in NYC, send them to Washington DC
Memo to NYGOP Draft Sarah Palin for Senator
Jim I welcome the change in heart from real conservatives
who understand that forcing a candidate to take a pro
life position in new york is a fatal mistake…welcome
to the big tent
By the way I am not concerned about the life issue
I am concerned about republicans losing elections because
they are forced to commit to the conservative party
on social issues…for the record Brown is pro choice
although he oppposes partial birth and federal funding
for abortions..he made that quite clear in his barbara
walters interview
Dammit!
I just typed a whole long message, but when I hit the submit button my FireFox did something really weird.
Was it somehow saved or is it lost and I have to do it again?