Lazio [will run] for Congress [again]

PoliticsNY.com ^ | 3-18-02 | Enos Throop (PoliticsNY.com staff)

[GraniteStateConservative]

Lazio [will run] for Congress [again]

Sources close to former U.S. Rep. RICK LAZIO (R-Brightwaters) have told PoliticsNY.com that Lazio will run again to regain the 2nd District congressional seat he vacated to run for the U.S. Senate in 2000. Lazio will face freshman U.S. Rep. STEVE ISRAEL (D-Huntington) in what is expected to be one of the most expensive House races in the country.

During the St. Patrick's Day weekend in New York, Lazio looked like a soon-to-be candidate as he huddled with Conservative Party Chairman MIKE LONG at the 218th annual all-male dinner of the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick at the Sheraton Centre in Manhattan.

Apparently, U.S. Rep. TOM REYNOLDS (R-Clarence), the executive chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, made the previously reluctant Lazio an offer he couldn't refuse.

In the meantime, the GOP's chances of retaining control of the U.S. House could depend on Lazio's success in Suffolk County's 2nd Congressional District.

[hole_n_one]

If I were Rick, next time I'd leave the props at home............

[mwl1]

Best news of the day. Every House seat counts.

[jwalsh07]

Lets get ready to rummmmmmmmmmmmmblllllllllllllllllle!

[deadhead]

"Lets get ready to rummmmmmmmmmmmmblllllllllllllllllle!"

I'm always ready :-)

[VA Advogado]

I hope Hillary campaigns for Israel.

[KQQL]

Oh no he's pro-choice, so he might offend a few here.... ......^@___*^

Good, this means this race goes from leans rat to leans Lazio,,,,,,,,Not leans GOP...only he can defeat A RAT....no one Else in his Ex-district can win...

[jwalsh07]

Yeah, me too.

[OnAMission]

Yo..You ready?

[jwalsh07]

T Shirts?

[Torie]

I will move the seat to a 55% GOP chance of a gain for now. I don't see this one as in the bag at all. But at least the bag is within reach. And I still think Lazio is a brat.

[ProudGOP]

Well, at least the loser can run the same campaign the he ran when he tried for the Senate.

In other words, he doesn't have to leave New York City.

[eddie willers]

The worst news is that this will get tuco-bad posting like crazy.

[KQQL]

now now .......lol......Lazio might icome over your place and hit you with his paper work....I say it's tossup leaning towrds LAZIO......

Israel only got 49% of the vote in 2000......against a weak field..

[Made In The USA]

Good news that we will have someone stepping up to the plate.

Didn't get to learn enough about Rick Lazio last time around, between the short lead time prior to Rick's campain starting and the media's love affair with Mrs. X42 1/2.

[Made In The USA]

Aaargh! Never mind my last post- re-read and see he's running for House of Reps not Senate.

[deadhead]

T Shirts?

Lazio T Shirts?

[Torie]

That IS bad. :)

[Torie]

Ya, true. But a Greenie got 5%. And Israel got high marks at politicsNY, whatever that means, which probably isn't much. Still, he has had two years to entrench himself, and is now the incumbent.

[jwalsh07]

Tuco can't post, he promised!

Wanna buy a bridge in Brooklyn?