"And while some may call Mr.Tonko's opponent Ted "No Chance" Danz, the challenger is a worthy candidate advocating slimmed-down government." - Times Journal of Cobleskill editorial published this morning.
Ted Danz's campaign hasn't received the media attention that it deserves, but the local weekly newspaper of Schoharie County did the Danz campaign some justice in the quote above. And that's coming from a newspaper that endorsed Mr.Tonko's campaign in 2008, before the bad qualities of Paul Tonko became known: such as voting with Nancy Pelosi 100% of the time, contributing $500 to the Rangle Victory Fund, and his definitively liberal record.
Schoharie County likely accounts for ten percent of all voters in New York's 21st congressional district. So we're not a big prize in the upcoming election, but Tonko barely won this County by 400 or so votes in 2008, while John McCain won it by 2,000 votes. It's a Republican stronghold that will sometimes vote for someone based on personality, instead of policy. That was then, but not now.
This is only Ted Danz's second campaign ever for elected office, while Tonko has been elected at least fourteen times to elected office, thirteen of which was to the New York Assembly. Danz has over one hundred volunteers at the ready to assist his campaign at any time, and "Ted Danz for Congress" yardsigns have been in control of the "proxy sign-war", at least in Schoharie County.
Stay tuned.
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