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New York News
6:30 pm
Fri May 17, 2013

Democratic Candidates Announced as City of Plattsburgh Looks to Replace all Top Elected Officials

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Plattsburgh City Hall
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All of the top elected positions in northern New York’s largest city are up for grabs in the November election. The Republican Mayor of Plattsburgh announced in April that he would not run for reelection. And none of the incumbent members of the city’s Common Council will run to return to their seats on that governing body.

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North Country News
7:15 pm
Thu March 7, 2013

DGA Chair Welcomes Chafee to Join Dems

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The head of the Democratic Governors Association is encouraging Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, an Independent, to become a Democrat.

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Politics
6:15 pm
Fri August 3, 2012

Michelle Obama Raises Campaign Funds At Western Mass. Events

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Feroze Porter, age 12, talks with reporters outside the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield MA. He was hoping to see Michelle Obama who was inside at a fundraiser.
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People attending the Springfield event with Michelle Obama could sign this birthday card for her husband. President Obama turns 51 on August 4
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People watch as a motorcade takes Mrs Obama into an underground garage to enter the Basketball Hall of Fame
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First Lady Michelle  Obama was in western Massachusetts Friday to raise money for her husband’s re-election campaign.   WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill reports

The First Lady was the featured speaker at a luncheon  with more than 100 people  held at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield.   Tickets started at  $1,000, with a top donation  set at $2500. Local organizer, John Pucci, a Springfield attorney, said the sold out even  exceed ed  the goal which was to raise $250 thousand.

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Politics
2:43 pm
Fri June 1, 2012

The Capitol Connection #1222

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Host Alan Chartock is joined by Assemblyman Keith Wright, a Democrat who has represented the 70th district for the last 20 years. They discuss the minimum wage, hydrofracking, redistricting, and Wright’s new role as the co-chair of the state Democratic Committee.

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