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Glenn BlainGlenn Blain has been The Journal News' chief political reporter since 1999 and has covered many state and local campaigns, including the 2000 U.S. Senate race, the 2002 gubernatorial race and the 2004 national party conventions. Prior to his current job, he covered Rockland County government and politics.

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Dinner in Westchester with Mike Long

May
12

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is scheduled to be the guest speaker at the Westchester Conservative Committee’s annual dinner Thursday night.

The $300-per-ticket fundraiser begins at 6 p.m. at BOE Restaurant, 324 Central Park Ave,  in White Plains.

Posted by Glenn Blain on May 12th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

LaFayette still sees a chance for Clinton

May
12

As you might expect, Westchester Democratic Chairman Reginald LaFayette is among the die hards who still give Hillary Clinton “a shot” at winning the party’s nomination for president.

“Everyday there are developments occuring and we don’t how many of those superdelegates are going to be switching sides, just like they are doing now,” LaFayette said in [...]

Posted by Glenn Blain on May 12th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Chelsea’s thoughts on her mom

May
9

Hillary Clinton’s campaign will celebrate Mother’s Day in the way many politicians mark major events – with a fundraiser. Hillary and Chelsea Clinton will host a 2 p.m. fundraiser at the Sheraton on 7th Ave. in Manhattan Saturday.

In advance of the fundraiser, the Clinton campaign released a new video in which Chelsea Clinton shares her [...]

Posted by Glenn Blain on May 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Oops - Those corporations weren’t that generous to Andy Spano

May
9

Yesterday, Politics on the Hudson posted an item about a study of corporate campaign contributions done by NYPIRG and other watchdog groups. The item stated that the report found 13 instances where Andy Spano received donations over the $5,000 limit.

However, Bill Mahoney, NYPIRG’s research coordinator e-mailed to say that we at Politics on the Hudson [...]

Posted by Glenn Blain on May 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Andrew Spano’s generous corporate friends

May
8

Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano may have raised a bit too much campaign cash from businesses, according to a study released today by government watchdog groups, including NYPIRG.

The study looked at 2007 campaign finance data and found many instances where corporations exceeded the $5,000 limit in their contributions to political organizations. Among the findings were [...]

Posted by Glenn Blain on May 8th, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Nick Spano says no to a campaign in 2008!

May
8

Former state Sen. Nicholas Spano just called to say he has decided NOT to run for his old seat this fall, leaving the GOP in search of another candidate to take on Democrat Andrea Stewart-Cousins.

“This was a very difficult decision.” Spano, 54, told Politics on the Hudson. “As my father would always tell me, never [...]

Posted by Glenn Blain on May 8th, 2008 | 49 Comments »

Clinton: “Until every voter has had his or her say.”

May
7

In a fundraising e-mail to supporters today, Hillary Clinton made it clear she has no intention of getting out of the presidential campaign.

“After our come-from-behind victory in Indiana, there are just 28 days of voting left,” Clinton writes in the e-mail. “But we’ve never campaigned with the stakes as high or the time as short [...]

Posted by Glenn Blain on May 7th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Schorr for DA event in White Plains

May
7

Dan Schorr, a former assistant district attorney under Jeanine Pirro, has yet to formally announce a candidacy for Westchester District Attorney, but he does seem to be rallying county GOP leaders to his cause.

Tomorrow, White Plains Mayor Joseph Delfino will be the featured guest at a Schorr rundraiser at Vintage, a bar/restaurant on Main Street [...]

Posted by Glenn Blain on May 7th, 2008 | 22 Comments »

Sliwa to lend support for Greg Ball - UPDATED

May
6

Curtis Sliwa, the founder and president of the Alliance of Guardian Angels and a former radio talk show host, will head to Westchester later this month to help out Republican Assemblyman Greg Ball.

Sliwa will be the guest speaker at Ball’s “Sinatra Soiree” on May 28th at the Traveler’s Rest in Ossining. Sliwa, however, will have [...]

Posted by Glenn Blain on May 6th, 2008 | 47 Comments »

Kaplowitz says it was time to end talk of a pay raise

May
6

In case you missed it, the Westchester Board of Legislators last night effectively abandoned any effort to raise their pay before the start of  the next term in 2010. They also called for future raises to be pegged to cost of living increases.

The effort to put an end to the matter was led by Vice [...]

Posted by Glenn Blain on May 6th, 2008 | 12 Comments »

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