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Big Mo Hinchey is leaving us..

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1. Schriebman to run for Hinchey’s seat

Schriebman to run for Hinchey’s seat
http://midhudsonnews.com/News/2012/February/01/Schreibman_run-01Feb12.html

KINGSTON – Former Ulster County Democratic Party Chairman Julian Schriebman announced he is filing as a candidate for US Congress.

The Kingston native said he is running “to carry on Maurice Hinchey’s efforts for the people of our communities.” The long time congressman recently announced his retirement at the end of the year.

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2. That's good news, but does he have the popularity of Hinchey?

He's one of the good guys, a real loss.

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3. Lawyer from Ithaca declares her interest in Hinchey's congressional seat

Lawyer from Ithaca declares her interest in Hinchey's congressional seat
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120208/NEWS/120209787/-1/NEWS

ITHACA — Leslie Danks Burke, a lawyer from Ithaca, is the fourth candidate to announce plans to run to succeed Rep. Maurice Hinchey — or at least part of his district, depending on reapportionment.

Burke, a Democrat, called Hinchey “a great advocate” and said “we must ensure that our region keeps a Democratic seat at the table.” She's raised $100,000 in the first week of her campaign.

While state officials have yet to redraw congressional district boundaries — the state will lose two seats — Burke said, “We cannot allow New York's slow redistricting process to shut us out. Slow redistricting favors incumbents because incumbents have the podium to raise money.”

Some have speculated that Hinchey's 22nd district could be split among two incumbent Republicans' districts.

Teacher George Phillips of Binghamton, who ran against Hinchey in 2008 and 2010, and former federal prosecutor Tom Engel of Lew Beach, both Republicans, and former Ulster County Democratic chairman Julian Schreibman, previously announced plans to run.

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4. Hinchey's district faces pols' knife

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120302/NEWS/203020363/-1/NEWSLETTER100

Under rival redistricting plans coughed up under duress, both state Senate Republicans and Assembly Democrats would carve up retiring Rep. Maurice Hinchey's territory to help meet a requirement to purge two of New York's 29 congressional districts.

Each proposal would shift parts of Sullivan and Ulster counties — now entirely within Hinchey's 22nd District — to a neighboring district now represented by freshman Rep. Chris Gibson, a Republican from Columbia County.

But they would otherwise take radically different approaches to redrawing congressional lines in those two counties and in Orange.

Party leaders filed their respective maps in federal court late Wednesday night after a court-appointed special master ordered them to do so. The ruling majorities in the Senate and Assembly control the politically driven adjustment of state and federal legislative districts but have been unable to agree on the federal lines.