Posted on 11/17/2012 8:50:38 PM PST by Beowulf9
ALBANY City Treasurer Kathy Sheehan has officially announced her candidacy in next year's mayoral race.
Sheehan, 48, who was elected treasurer in 2009, had long dropped hints about a planned mayoral run. On Saturday afternoon, in front of Washington Park's Moses Statue, the Democrat made it official.
"Let's face it: There is only one office in Albany that can deliver the changes many of us want," Sheehan said. "I am here to announce that I am running for mayor."
Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Sheehan-to-make-a-run-for-mayor-4046442.php#ixzz2CXwLxZ3I
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lolz
She will keep the Albany National Guard out of Iraq
/sarc
Can we assume the current Mayor is also a Dem? Is s/he not running again, or is this a primary challenge?
The current mayor is also a dem. I’m not sure this has much importance to anyone but in Albany. Sorry I thought this girl was Cindy Sheehan, my mistake.
I feel pretty dumb, go easy on me, ugh.
Albany has had its own Democrat machine for a long time. No Republican has won the Mayor’s office since 1918.
Albany... yes, I assume its a Dem
Wiki says....
Albany continues to be dominated by the Democratic party as enrollment in the city was 38,862 in 2009 compared to Republican enrollment of 3,487.[260] This gives Democrats a 101 advantage in the general election. Every elected city position has been held by a Democrat since 1931
Going out on a limb here, and based only on her party affiliation, this Sheehan probably has more in common with Cindy than their last name ;)
Thanks for the info about Albany politics. Guess I know one place we won’t be moving to any time soon. I have family in the Albany area, but not the city itself. As I think of it, I don’t think there’s a place in all of NYS where I’d move, tho I do enjoy visiting.
.... If she runs on the ...”I am not the spawn of the Devil: George W. Bush” platform .... she probably has a great chance of winning.
.... If she runs on the ...”I am not the spawn of the Devil: George W. Bush” platform .... she probably has a great chance of winning.
Albany democrats perfected the system of jobs and handouts for votes when Obama's granpappy was a mere baby in a Kenyan mud hut.
Funny, I thought they were anti-war advocates.
I guess they are just anti-war advocates when a Republican is in the WH.
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