Meanwhile, Tedisco's current district (along with the new one he wants to represent) includes deep-blue Schenectady and Niskayuna, and somehow he has made it work. On the other hand, many Albany County voters aren't progressive and the newly created district includes plenty of red areas, too. "It would be a disservice to Albany if I tried to stand up and represent it," he told me. Get the story behind Chris Churchill’s latest columns. It is true that a Trump-supporting politician who voted against the SAFE Act and the Reproductive Health Act would be a tough sell to the many voters in Albany who would rather vote for a rat than a Republican, as Tedisco certainly knows. Voters should choose their politicians, in other words, instead of politicians choosing their voters. (Update: An earlier version of this paragraph mixed up the districts. Tedisco should not run in the 44th because he doesn't live there. Tedisco should run in the 46th district because that's where he lives.
(I've heard from some, too.) "Lots of people can't believe what Jim is doing," Jordan added. When I spoke with her Wednesday, Jordan wasn't backing down, telling me she's heard from oodles of voters outraged by Tedisco's decision. "I believe that the people must and will decide this, not political bosses, or crony insiders that Jim has either fooled or strong-armed," Jordan added in what can only be described as fightin' words. She was also displeased that GOP party bosses in Saratoga and Schenectady counties quickly endorsed Tedisco, saying the process was unfair and lacked transparency. In a scathing statement released last week, Jordan called Tedisco's decision "sad and shameful" and said he lacks the courage to take on Breslin. Daphne Jordan, 62, a Republican, and she is not happy that Tedisco plans to run against her in the upcoming primary. Most of the angst resulting from the tossing of the districts has, appropriately enough, been felt by them.īut here's the issue for today: The district Tedisco has chosen for himself - again, that would be the 44th - happens to include the Halfmoon home of state Sen.
Of course, all of this is part of the chaos Democrats created with election maps that were so obviously biased and unconstitutional. So Tedisco, a Republican, has decided he'll instead run for reelection in the 44th District, which includes Niskayuna, the city of Schenectady and Saratoga County but does not include Tedisco's hometown of Glenville. Now that those maps have been tossed by the courts and replaced, Tedisco finds himself among the citizens of the newly created 46th District, which includes Schenectady County (excluding Niskayuna and the city of Schenectady), Albany County (without Colonie, Cohoes and Watervliet) and Montgomery County.īut that district is represented by Neil Breslin, a Democrat who has been in office for just about forever and includes loads of progressives.
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