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In reply to the discussion: Stefanik Says She Is Quitting the Governor's Race and Won't Run for Reelection [View all]Prairie Gates
(7,124 posts)28. Stefanik grew up in Albany, which had the most powerful Dem machine outside Chicago
She went to the Albany Academy for Girls, one of the toniest private schools in the country.
Like most GOPers, she'll play at North Country backwoods bullshit, but she grew up rich in an Upstate Dem stronghold.
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Stefanik Says She Is Quitting the Governor's Race and Won't Run for Reelection [View all]
coffeenap
Friday
OP
Their choice is the current Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman, a MAGA nut
Prairie Gates
Friday
#13
LOL! That would be me, my friend! But I know at least two others on this board feel the same way!
Rhiannon12866
Friday
#30
Thanks, my friend! Wishing you a Merry Christmas - which just became much merrier for those of us in NY-21!
Rhiannon12866
Friday
#35
When I was a boy, my parents used to take me on vacations to the Adirondacks. Nostalgic, I took my family there once.
NNadir
Friday
#15
Stefanik grew up in Albany, which had the most powerful Dem machine outside Chicago
Prairie Gates
Friday
#28
I'm pretty sure her parents owned a camp in the Adirondacks, so that is her connection to the district.
Raftergirl
Yesterday
#58
Oh, I know that, just as it is the case that here in New Jersey, not all of us are liberals.
NNadir
Yesterday
#50
LOL! I'm not ashamed to admit that this made my day, though I know that I'm not alone here in NY-21
Rhiannon12866
Friday
#36
The Democrat Blake Gendebien poised to run against her in 2026 now has a better chance
Historic NY
Yesterday
#49