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Albany's 6th Ward council race draws a crowd


Albany s 6th Ward council race draws a crowd
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Shoppers during a Holiday Market on Lark Street hosted by the Lark Street Business Improvement District, Global Partners and the Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Area in Albany, NY, on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020 (Jim Franco/special to the Times Union.)James Franco
ALBANY – For the first time in more than two decades, the 6th Ward Common Council seat is open and it may be the most crowded race this election cycle in the city.
Five candidates are running to fill the position that will be left vacant by Councilman Richard Conti’s retirement at the end of this year. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131109:11:28:00

Some philadelphia neighborhoods, philadelphia in general, is just that democratic. that you can get 59 wards with zero votes for mitt romney, but in the fifth division of the 56th ward in philadelphia, this week, the democratic candidate lost. it was a race to be an election judge, the democratic candidate lost the race by 12 votes and the democratic lost to this guy. who is not a democrat. he s also not a republican. despite the fact he s sitting there with abe lincoln. he also stopped being an independent years ago. turns out this guy and the only party that can beat the democratic party in philadelphia right now, it s the whig party. w-h-i-g. yep. the elections judge is a member of the whig party, like it s 1840. somebody dress me up like henry ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131109:02:28:00

Where those 100% wards were in the city, you could check the voting history and yeah, it turns out where the vote for john kerry over george bush was like 104 to 9 or the vote for obama versus mccain was 358-2. some philadelphia neighborhoods, philadelphia in general, is just that democratic. that you can get 59 wards with zero votes for mitt romney, but in the fifth division of the 56th ward in philadelphia, this week, the democratic candidate lost. it was a race to be an election judge, the democratic candidate lost the race by 12 votes and the democratic lost to this guy. who is not a democrat. he s also not a republican. despite the fact he s sitting there with abe lincoln. he also stopped being an independent years ago. turns out this guy and the only party that can beat the ....

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