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Republican insiders worried a Jacobs loss is likely
Republican party operatives are worried that the 60th State Senate District — currently held by Chris Jacobs — is in jeopardy this election cycle, as rumors of a looming public corruption scandal…
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The Koch Brothers would be wise to back Chris Jacobs against Kirstin Gillibrand
Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch, the owners of Koch Industries, are the founders and funders of a number of conservative and libertarian political organizations, and credited with swinging control of the House…
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Cuomo is planning to shift control of Senate chamber to the Democratic caucus, say operatives
Freshman State Senator Chris Jacobs (R-Buffalo) did not attend Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s invitation-only rally celebrating the passage of an additional $500 million public investment in the region’s economic revival last Tuesday. Jacobs’ absence…
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Rus Thompson slams Chris Jacobs on Grand Island tolls
Grand Island’s high profile anti-tax activist Rus Thompson is slamming freshman State Senator Chris Jacobs. Not only does Jacobs want to keep the New York State Thruway tolls at both the North…
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Will Jacobs keep promise of term limits?
Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs made an ambitious promise to voters: that his election to the State Senate would bring term limits to Albany for all state legislators. He won the 60th State…
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Deely takes heat from education activists for not backing Coppola sooner
NYSUT regional president Mike Deely is being criticized by education activists for his handling of the teachers unions’ political spending in the 60th State Senate district. Two years ago, Deely spent heavily on an…
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Coppola says stop bashing teachers
Senator Al Coppola, the Democrat running for State Senate against Republican Chris Jacobs, is disgusted with the way that today’s political discourse has wrongly bashed teachers in the media, often using hard working career professionals as…
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Chris Jacobs saves county 100k pens
Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs issued a press release this week announcing he saved county taxpayers $45,000 in pens. He reports that after becoming County Clerk in 2013, he learned the office…
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60th district is hardly a lock for Jacobs
BY TONY FARINA The 60th District State Senate race has it all: what appears to be a serious GOP primary challenge from Kevin Stocker to the endorsed candidate, Chris Jacobs; a Democratic…
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Ciampoli, a Skelos apparatchik, in town to kick Stocker off ballot
John Ciampoli is the Nassau County Attorney who signed off on the Ab Tech deal that was designed to enrich Adam Skelos, the son of the former Senate Majority Leader who was convicted…
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Charges of election fraud, voter intimidation surface in 60th district race
BY TONY FARINA The battle for the key 60th District State Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Marc Panepinto after one term, is now a hotbed for charges of election fraud and…
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Senator Coppola to challenge Chris Jacobs in bid for 60th district seat
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI The retired State Senator and widely respected elder statesman of local politics, Al Coppola, has filed to seek the 60th district seat — a swing district that frequently determines control…
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Farina: District Attorney, 60th Senate district are races to watch
BY TONY FARINA Amber Small …Senate candidate turning heads Flynn Shows Momentum in DA’s Race, Gets PBA Endorsement Tonawanda Town Attorney John Flynn, who is the endorsed Democratic, Conservative, and Working Families…
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Jacobs is nervous in wake of school board losses
Rumor has it that County Clerk Chris Jacobs is nervous following sweeping losses for the school board’s reform coalition earlier this month. Jacobs has been a chief architect of the reform coalition for…
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Stocker and Jacobs gearing up for epic 60th district Republican battle
BY MATTHEW RICCHIAZZI Republican County Clerk Chris Jacobs has released a video promoting his candidacy for the State Senate, distributed on his Facebook page and via YouTube. The 60th Senate seat is at…
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Jacobs releases campaign video outlining message in Senate bid
County Clerk Chris Jacobs, a popular moderate Republican with an unparalleled social network in Western New York, has released a video promoting his candidacy for the 60th district State Senate seat. That…
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Democrats still want Panepinto to step aside
The embattled freshman State Senator Marc Panepinto is doubling down on a reelection effort amid calls that he step aside in light of a tenure rocked by ethics controversies that include a…
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Jacobs expected to run for State Senate
BY TONY FARINA Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs, a Republican and a member of the prominent Jacobs family which owns the Delaware North companies, has told political leaders he is going to…
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Panepinto refuses to step aside
Freshman State Senator Marc Panepinto has been called the weakest incumbent in the chamber, having won his district with just over 31% of the vote with current polling putting the incumbent at…
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If Higgins departs, local politicians would scramble
Republican Party operative Michael Caputo, who enjoys a “public relations” contract at the Erie County Water Authority, broke a story last month that was later retracted, after a staffer from the local congressional…
