Remember back in the end of last year and the early days of this year when we were looking at the possibility of Legislator Dave Mejias running against King?
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King Opponent Emerging
That ended rather abruptly as Dave Denenberg picked up the torch and eventually put it back down.
In the past week we've heard rumblings of a "Draft Suozzi" campaign which we also brought up here.
Word is that Suozzi has no plans whatsoever to leave the New York governors race and is not entertaining the idea.
Is that a bad thing? Sure, Suozzi would be a formidable opponent of King.
Does that mean a "Draft" campaign is over? No.
Which brings us back to Dave Mejias.
The long and short of it is that each of the almost-candidates Bishop, Mejias and Denenberg would have made great candidates against King. Beating Peter King was and still is real.
Yes, it looks sloppy to be still looking for a candidate this late in the year but it's better than rushing to line up behind a candidate who won't be the right person.
And again back to Dave Mejias.
Here is a legislator who has a proven track record.
The battle is to get the national Democratic party to see that King will be beat and get Dave Mejias back in the race as soon as possible.
Want Dave Mejias in the race?
Call him at (516)571-6214
email Dave at davemejias@aol.com
Want the DNC to pay attention to the 3rd CD?
Call 202-863-1500
We're still raising money through ACT BLUE for the race and whoever takes the nomination.
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4 comments:
Mejias should get back into the race. Heck, he should never have left!!!!
Why did Mejias drop out? Did he leave because Denenberg was getting in? Is he really the right choice in a district which has a relatively non-existent minority population? Why did Bishop drop out? (especially once he had polling info showing
King is vulnerable...)
Thanks for the cogent and informative post, timj. While I understand that Mejias has done well despite less than favorable demographics at the County level, with King playing up his anti-Bush stance on immigration, my guess is this isn't the best time for a Hispanic candidate to be running in the 3rd.
Here's a quote from a prominent poller/Political Scientist: "I agree that King is
vulnerable but you can't beat somebody with nobody."
Bishop is not in.
Mejias is not in.
Denenberg is not in.
Suozzi is not in.
At what point do the people of the NY-3rd get sick of these County level career pols who are afraid of taking King and his huge warchest on and destroying their political careers by becoming roadkill in a huge media campaign against him?
Anonymous said:
QUOTE with King playing up his anti-Bush stance on immigration, my guess is this isn't the best time for a Hispanic candidate to be running in the 3rd.
ENDQUOTE
... and couldn't be more wrong.
For one thing: in the 3rd CD, the past 5 years has seen the growth of a large, prosperous, involved Latino community of its own.
For another: As a County Legis. David Mejias' electoral strength comes from Levittown ... a part of the Island generally thought of as an "Archie Bunker" lower-middle class white ethnic enclave.
If there ever was an issue about being "hispanic" -- the guy engaged and overcame it a dozen years ago!
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