Who Will Replace Chris Collins, the Indicted Congressman, on the Ballot? Perhaps No One

[brooklynite]

New York Times

After Representative Chris Collins was indicted last month, the Republican from western New York seemed to leave no doubt about his immediate political future: There was none.

Mr. Collins abandoned his re-election bid in the “best interests” of his district, “the Republican Party and President Trump’s agenda,” after he was accused of insider trading and lying to federal agents.

Yet even as local Republican leaders have interviewed a slate of replacement candidates for the seat, there is a real possibility that Mr. Collins could stay on the November ballot and represent the party.

Removing someone from the ballot in New York is no simple matter, and Republican officials in the 27th Congressional District now say they may not have a new nominee until after the state primary on Sept. 13. (Mr. Collins ran unopposed in the congressional primary in June.)

[NBachers]

1. Pay attention to Nate McMurray, the Democrat running for this seat. He's a hell-raiser!

I'm a western New Yorker who is now living in California. I have adopted Nate McMurray as one of my primary candidates. He is hell-bent on liberating Western New York from the republican crooks who been running it for so long. He is a good dude, a smart & accomplished person, and is a real hell-raiser.

Please check out Nate McMurray.

[Gothmog]

2. In 2006 my county party sued to keep the GOP from replacing Tom Delay and won

The NY statute and the Texas law are similar. If the NY GOP tried to replace Collins, there would have been a lawsuit and the Democrats would have won that lawsuit