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A group of Putnam County Republicans is throwing its support behind Democrat Justin Wagner's bid to oust freshman state Sen. Greg Ball (R-Patterson).

The group, which includes Village of Brewster Mayor Jim Schoenig, staged a news conference Thursday in the village to announce that it is backing Wagner in the 40th State Senate race. The group also lambasted Ball for not doing enough to help...

Mayor Mike Bloomberg is going to bat for Republican Senate candidate Bob Cohen, who is running a neck-and-neck campaign against Democrat George Latimer for retiring Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer's seat. Bloomberg, an Independent who supports many Republican candidates, has been featured in a 60-second radio ad for the better part of a week touting Cohen's "integrity and independence" and refuting...

As the nationally watched matchup between incumbent U.S. Rep. Nan Hayworth and Democratic challenger Sean Patrick Maloney heads into the final stretch ahead of the Nov. 6 election, both campaigns are making a desperate appeal to supporters for financial contributions to fund their no-holds-barred TV ad war.

On Wednesday, Maloney's campaign sent a letter to supporters asking them to help raise...

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino has cut a new TV ad for Republican Bob Cohen's bid to win the 37th District State Senate seat, referring to the New Rochelle businessman as a potential ally in his efforts to lower property taxes.

"For the third year, we've held the line on county property taxes -- even lowered them," the Republican leader says in the spot, which began running...

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is throwing his support behind Republican state Senate candidate Bob Cohen's campaign.

In a statement provided by Cohen's campiagn, Bloomberg cited the New Rochelle businessman's "independence and his unwavering commitment to property tax relief and pro-job-growth policies" as the primary reasons for his endorsement. 

"Westchester...

Incumbent Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-Bedford) has out-raised and out-spent her Democratic rival Sean Patrick Maloney in the nationally watched 18th Congressional race, according to recent filings with the Federal Elections Commission.

But Maloney raised more than Hayworth in the most recent quarter, from July 1 to Sept. 30, and has slightly more cash left to spend as the two rivals enter the final...

Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney is offering one lucky supporter of his congressional campaign the opportunity of a lifetime: hanging out with his former boss, Bill Clinton. For the past several days, the Maloney campaign has holding a "sweepstakes" giving supporters a "chance to meet Bill" -- and get this, no financial contribution was needed to enter. The sweepstakes ran from...

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino is throwing his support behind Republican Rye Town Supervisor Joe Carvin's challenge to veteran U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey in the November elections.

"Joe Carvin has the fiscal skills and discipline Congress desperately needs," the Republican leader said at a news conference Monday at the Hawthorne train station. "As a town supervisor, he...

Another poll conducted for Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney's campaign shows him in a tight race with Republican Congresswoman Nan Hayworth.

The poll, conducted by Democratic pollster Global Strategy Group, shows Hayworth with 44 percent support to Maloney's 42 percent support, with 14 percent of voters undecided.

A polling memo released by Global Strategy Group notes that only 35 percent...

The Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee is pumping money into James Skoufis' bid to win the Assembly seat occupied by veteran lawmaker Nancy Calhoun, according to recently released campaign finance filings.

The committee gave Skoufis, a Town of Woodbury councilman, checks for $21,235 and $54,994 in September, boosting his campaign fundraising totals to nearly $67,000. Skoufis started the...