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1st C.D.: Cox sues to void Altshculer's petitions

Thursday July 29, 2010 7:48 PM By Rick Brand

Republican congressional candidate Christopther Cox has filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court in Riverhead to throw millionaire Randy Altschuler off the ballot in the Republican primary, claiming his petitions are fatally flawed.

The late president Richard Nixon’s grandson’s lawsuit, served at the Suffolk Board of Elections in Yaphank late Thursday afternoon, claims Altschuler’s...

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