With Democrats now monopolizing the Hudson Valley's seats in Congress, it should come as no surprise that Valley Republicans already are mobilizing for the 2008 elections.
Add Kieran Lalor to the list of Republican hopefuls.
Lalor, a native of Wappingers Falls, served six years in the Marine Corps and now lives with his family in Peekskill. He is an Iraq war vet and a self-described national security activist who has set his sights on unseating U.S. Rep. John Hall, the freshman Democrat from Dover Plains.
Federal campaign finance reports for the first quarter of 2007 won't be released until later this month, but Lalor said today his exploratory committee raised $20,000 in that period.
"This is an amazing accomplishment considering I didn’t have a penny on March 1 when I launched my website," he said in an e-mail.
Hall isn't the only one looking over his shoulder. U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-Hudson, also serving her first two-year term in Congress, has her own list of potential Republican opponents, including Richard Wager, a native of Hyde Park (see previous Straw Poll post).
It's natural for Republicans to go after potentially vulnerable freshman like Gillibrand and Hall, who each won narrow victories against Republican incumbents last fall. But how about finding a challenger for U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey?
Hinchey, D-Hurley, is serving his eighth term after running unopposed last year. Any Republicans in the 22th District up for that battle in 2008?
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John Hall is already leading the 19th in the right direction and most of the folks in the Valley know that.
He certainly thus far deserves re-election in my book - we should all insure he is given the opportunity to continue in the direction he promised during his campaign. He's a man of his word and for that we should all be grateful!
Hall is in office for less than 100 days and already he deserves to be re-elected. Wow.
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