Voting this fall? You might want to read about Dr. Bob Johnson, the Democratic challenger to our congressional representative John McHugh. Johnson is a thoracic surgeon from Sackets Harbor, running on a platform promoting health care, the environment, national security, jobs, and conservative values. Here's a good article outlining Johnson's biography and his platform, from the Plattsburgh Press-Republican.
Conservative Democrats such as Johnson have a history of support in Cazenovia and Madison County, including our assembly representative Bill Magee.
In a different race, check out this New York Newsday article about how FixAlbany is backing Democrat Dave Valesky in his race for state senate versus Nancy Larraine Hoffmann. For a local angle on the same story, see this Post-Standard article. Did you know that Valesky was the only candidate to show up to a scheduled debate at Syracuse University that was also supposed to include Hoffmann and conservative challenger Thomas Dadey?