Rick Lewis Receives Conservative Endorsement For Congress
The Republican race for the 26th CD nomination is starting to get interesting. According to the Buffalo News, Rick Lewis, an executive from the Talking Phone Book, has received the backing of the “Western New York” Conservative Party:
That means Republicans, who are prepared to back rival Christopher J. Lee at a meeting set for Monday night in Geneseo, now face the real possibility of a split ticket against one Democrat in the November general election. It also provides Lewis with powerful leverage with Republican leaders for Monday’s meeting, as well as added incentive for him to wage a rare GOP primary in an effort to provide united opposition against the winner of the expected Democratic primary.
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The Conservative nod — often the winning difference in close elections — puts the Republicans in a tough spot. They enter Monday’s meeting with five of their seven county leaders supporting Lee, an Orchard Park resident whose family once owned International Motion Control Corp. Though Erie County GOP Chairman James P. Domagalski and his Niagara County counterpart, Henry F. Wojtaszek, support Lewis, Lee has enough districtwide support to gain the endorsement.
There is a big meeting, the proverbial “smoke-filled room”, in Geneseo tonight where party chairmen are going decide on the candidate. We will be watching the Buffalo News (I doubt the Democrat and Chronicle will cover this) and we will let you know what happens.
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I do not understand why the D&C does not cover this. Isn’t the 25th in there readership? I did a search on there website and came up with nothing. They wonder why their subscriptions keep going down.