Lewis Drops Out of Republican Race For Congress
Good news for Republicans in the race for the 26th CD nomination. Rick Lewis announced he will be dropping out of the race after party leaders lined up behind Chris Lee. This is according to the Buffalo News – another paper you have to read if you want to know what’s going on in Monroe County — nice job Democrat and Chronicle!
According to the Buffalo News:
“For the larger good of the party, I’ve decided to leave the race,” Lewis said. “I had been urged by many to wage a primary, but I thought that if I stayed in it would hurt the party’s chances in November.
“I’m a team player, and the larger issue is keeping the seat,” he added.
David Bellavia, an author and decorated Iraq War veteran, is the only other GOP candidate publicly sustaining his candidacy.
Let’s hope Bellavia comes to his senses. Given the current political climate, if there are two candidates who are war heroes, the Democrat (Jon Powers) is going to win — even if he illegally takes campaign money to pay his rent.
Plus, Bellavia’s inexperience and lack of polish will doom him. If Republicans are going to have a chance at keeping this seat, they need to unite behind Chris Lee.
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Good for Lewis. Unlike Democrats this year who cannot put their selfish political ambitions aside and are tearing each other apart (ie: Clinton/Obama and Powers/Davis) the Republicans are getting their act together and are presenting themselves to the voters.
I can’t wait for this camapign to start and for Jon Powers to come clean on his illegal use of campaign dollars to pay his mortgage and what the deal really is regading his supposed Was Kids Relief organization.
If Powers has been lying and enriching himself, he’s done and we’ll luckinly have a Republican Congressman who won’t sell us out like Louise Slaughter did when she screwed over her shoreline constituents to pander to the wacko environmentalists.
You do not need to look to the national party for selfish democrats. The cat fight between Dick Dollinger, Sandy Frankel and Willa Powell will sure be a lot of fun to watch. Would I love to be a fly on the wall for a conversation with any of these people and Joe Morelle. The local Dems are a heard of cats.