Topic: Sheldon Silver

Silver Challenger Newell Coming to Denver

Sheldon Silver will get another chance to remember Paul Newell when the challenger arrives in Denver. Newell, a community organizer, is also an elected Obama delegate, but has been missing from the convention events so far. I called to inquire and he ...

Silver's Fund-Raising Numbers

Sheldon Silver, who is facing a Democratic primary for the firs time in more than two decades, has raised $308,044.93 this filing period. He has $3,039,290.90 of cash left on hand for his campaign [number fixed].Notable expenditure: $22,500 in March for polling ...

Elsewhere: Rudy for Lee, Plot Against Obama

Rudy Giuliani is campaigning for congressional candidate Sandy Treadwell, a millionaire challenging freshman Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand. A judge ruled, in favor of congressional candidate Chris Lee, that Democrat Alice Kryzan can't run on the Working Families Party line. Jon Powers, who dropped ...

The Morning Read: Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Newsweek gets a hold of court records a reports that a judge repeatedly warned Sarah Palin and her family to stop disparaging the state trooper who was getting a divorce from Palin's sister. It's "a form of child abuse," the judge wrote.After ...

Sheldon Silver Campaigns!

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who hasnt faced a Democratic opponent in 22 years, was out campaigning this Sunday, a spokesman for his campaign confirmed.Assembly member Silver spent some time on Sunday with a longtime resident of Village View who introduced him to ...