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Skelos still pushing for August state primaries

  Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is still pushing for a later primary for state offices, even after a federal judge has set a June 26 date.

  Skelos said that Judge Gary Sharpe's ruling still gives the state some leeway for setting it's own date. Right now, Democrats want it in June; Republicans say August. Conventional wisdom around the Capitol is that a late date tends to impact...

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