People are very upset at Faso and the republicans. The Mountain Top Progressive group started in Nov 2016 has 150 members in a remote corner of Northwest Greene County. At the annual FDR dinner for Greene County we some very strong candidates interested in running against Faso:
• Brian Flynn - Family roots in Greene County and an entrepreneur
• Sue Sullivan - From Ulster County with a Medical background
• Antonio Delgado - Grew up in Schenectady, a Colgate & Harvard Law grad, Rhodes Scholar and former Hip Hop artist. wife is from Saugerties (Jimmy Fallon’s home town)
• Patrick Ryan- 3 generation roots in Kingston NY, West Point Grad with service in Iraq and Afghanistan
• Jeff Beals – Harvard Grad, former foreign service officer, teacher in Woodstock
• Steven Brisee – From the district
People are very sensitive to “carpet baggers” here because it is so easy to have a vacation home while living in NY City. Although the last two democratic candidates were great, they appeared to be outsiders. These candidates for 2018 do not have that problem
Some more information on Brian, Antonio & Steven
http://blogs.hudsonvalley.com/fray/2017/03/06/democratic-candidates-lining-up-for-2018-runs-in-ny-19/
Faso was not overly liked when he was a member of the NY State assembly, part of it was he moved here to take an icon Clarence D. Lanes seat when he retired. This dislike contributed to why he lost in trying for Controller and Governor of New York. He also lost trying to for Congress the first time and only succeeded by latching on to COL Gibson’s coat tails and the impression that Zephyr Teachout ( a Fordham Law Prof in New York City) was really living in Brooklyn (and that was challenged) and was really from and living still in Vermont. His win was only by 9%
Here is a good source if you want to track politics in “this here parts” http://greenedems.org/
BTW, if Faso is stupid enough to run for Senate, Kirsten will destroy him, she is beloved in these parts
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