Another Republican New York senator decides against reelection bid

[Historic NY]

ALBANY — Republicans in the state Senate have begun to jump ship.

With the GOP’s tenuous hold on the Senate under siege, Sen. John Bonacic, an Orange County Republican, announced Friday he will not seek reelection in the fall — the second GOP senator to do so in as many days.

“The 20 years I have spent in the Senate have been rewarding both personally and professionally,” Bonacic said in statement. “Twenty years, though, is enough.”

Bonacic became the third Republican senator this year to announce plans to step down at the end of the year.



[link:http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/republican-new-york-senator-won-seek-reelection-article-1.3959021|]

[Me.]

1. Well, WEll, Well

Maybe a Dem can take the seat and along with it the hold Felder has had on the DEm legislative process and a progressive agenda in NY