Chris Jacobs

When Republican Chris Collins was still the Erie County Executive, the Democrats on the County Legislature railed against the administration and Erie County Sheriff Timothy Howard for longstanding civil rights violations at the Erie County Holding Center. The legislators called

NY27 Congressional candidate Stefan I. Mychajliw Jr. is calling on Chris Jacobs to apologize for an inflammatory and false tweet about ventilators being taken from Buffalo General Hospital. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an Executive Order authorizing the National

A lesser-known Buffalo-based attorney who feeds on local government work provided to him by Erie County and his political patron, County Executive Mark Poloncarz, is smearing the billionaire founder of Paychex and former owner of the Buffalo Sabres as a ‘ratfucker’. 

President Donald Trump‘s supporters are quick to explain that he doesn’t usually make mistakes — but when he does, it’s almost always in the vain attempt to earn the support of moderate Republicans-in-Name-Only (RINOs). They cite Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney,

While the nomination of Senator Chris Jacobs in the 27th congressional district — New York’s most conservative — has sparked a widening divide inside the local Republican Party, new polling suggests that Jacobs would earn the support of a vast

Republican activists in New York’s 27th congressional districts are outraged in the aftermath of party bosses’ endorsement of State Senator Chris Jacobs, a policy moderate who is well known as a ‘never-Trumer’ and has been hostile to second amendment rights,

In a statement released late this afternoon, Assemblyman Steve Hawley announced that he is withdrawing from the Republican Primary contest in New York’s 27th district, where Rep. Chris Collins resigned upon being convicted of insider trading charges. The development is

State Senator Chris Jacobs (R – Erie County) — who is preparing for what is widely expected to be a no-holds-barred Republican primary nominating contest in the 27th congressional district — is making no effort to hide the fact that

Republican insiders have been prodding State Senator Chris Jacobs to challenge Rep. Brian Higgins in New York’s 26th congressional district.  But the two-term Senator has already announced his intentions to seek the 27th congressional district, which was vacated with the

Funding for new soccer mini-pitches will enable partnerships with local soccer clubs (Buffalo, NY) – New York State Senator Chris Jacobs (60th SD) was joined by Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown, North District Council Member Joseph Golombek and local community

It’s fair to say that the Republican Primary in New York’s 27th congressional district is crowded — and the indicted Rep. Chris Collins (who continues to assert his innocence of insider trading charges levied against him and his son) may

Senator Chris Jacobs‘ announcement that he intends to primary Rep. Chris Collins in the Republican Party primary contest in the 27th congressional district is creating a frenzy of speculation and posturing from prospective candidates on both sides of the aisle

Ranzenhofer, Jacobs, Gallivan refuse to support WNY’s Cathy Young for Minority Leader Late last Friday afternoon, three local Republican State Senators sold out Western New York to New York City-area power brokers who own and puppet the New York State

A former Speaker of the California State Assembly once said of the relationship between lobbyists and politicians, “If you can’t eat their food, drink their booze, screw their women, take their money and then vote against them you’ve got no

The timing of a series of campaign contributions from senior members of Buffalo’s most wealthy family to its political scion, freshman Senator Chris Jacobs, is suggestive of a quid pro quo arrangement on Senate Bill 4068, a measure that authorizes

Sources say that State Senator Chris Jacobs failed to mention a percolating public corruption scandal to the group of Republican County Chairman who are deliberating over a replacement nominee for the 27th congressional district seat currently held by Rep. Chris

Republican activists are asking Congressman Chris Collins to step down his reelection effort following an indictment by the Southern District of New York for insider trading and providing false information to a federal agent. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is

Former State Senator Alfred T. Coppola‘s presence in the politics of the 60th State Senate district has been perpetually felt since he left office in 2000, following an election loss engineered by the political operative G. Steven Pigeon that installed