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Fair Campaign Practices

Fair Campaign Practices for the Capital Region, Inc.

For Candidates

View a manual (.pdf document) for candidates that describes the principles and procedures of the Fair Campaign Practices for the Capital Region.

Sign the Fair Campaign Practices Pledge (.pdf document)

View the Fair Campaign Practices Complaint Decisions for the 2007 campaign.

Tips for Candidates: How to Avoid Committing an Unfair Campaign Practice

1. Agree to appear on the same platform with your opponent to engage in debate over the issues in the campaign. If your district is very large you should agree to debates in several locations.

2. If you are not the incumbent you should use the words “for” or “elect” before the name of the office for which you are running, so that you do not give the false impression that you are an incumbent.

3. If you were appointed to your position, do not ask to be “re-elected”.

4. Be very careful when using the word “only”, e.g. if you claim to be the only environmentalist in the race you had better be sure your opponent has never done anything at all for the environment.

5. On all ads, bumper stickers, signs and commercials you should clearly indicate who has paid for the ad and provide contact information.

6. Do not say anything about your opponent that you cannot prove.

7. Do not say anything about yourself that you cannot prove.

8. Use quotes in context.

9. If some other entity attacks your opponent unfairly, be sure to promptly and publicly disavow the attack.

10. Do not appeal to racial, religious or other prejudices.

2007 Fair Campaign Practices Pledges Signed By:

U.S. Congress

20th District: Morris N. Guller

Albany County Legislature

4th District: Jose’ M. Lopez
8th District: Doug Bullock
15th District: Phillip G. Stech
16th District: Robert J. Beston
21st District: David Mayo
25th District: Ryan Horstmyer
29th District: Dennis A. Feeney
32nd District: Mary Lou Bartolotta-Connolly
33rd District: Patrick K. Greene; Herbert W. Reilly III
34th District: Jared King
35th District: Mitchell Goldstein
35th District: Charles S. Dawson, Jr.
36th District: Richard Mendick
39th District: Alexander Gordon
Unknown District: Theodore J. Danz, Jr.; Gregory Fields; Richard P. Jacobson; Howard A. Shafer; Carl Zeilman

Albany County Executive: Michael G. Breslin

Rensselaer County

District Attorney: Greg Cholakis; Richard McNally
Sheriff: Jack Mahar
Supreme Court: Joseph C Teresi

Saratoga County

Coroner: Matthew R. Sousa

Schenectady County Legislature

1st District: Michael J. Petta
2nd District: Jeff McDonald
3rd District: James Buhrmaster
4th District: Robert Godlewski; Carolina Lazzari

Mechanicville

Supervisor: Thomas Richardson

Saratoga Springs

Commissioner of Accounts: John Franck
Commissioner of Finance: Kenneth Ivins, Jr.; Jane Weihe
Commissioner of Public Safety: Richard Wirth
Commissioner of Public Works: Thomas McTygue; Anthony Scirocco
Mayor: Gordon Boyd; Valerie Keehn
Supervisor: Cheryl Keyrouze; Mathew E. Veitch

Schenectady

Mayor: Michael Cuevas; Brian Stratton
City Council: Denise Brucker; Richard J. DiCaprio; Thomas Della Salla; Margaret King

Town of Ballston

Supervisor: Patti Southworth
Town Council: Timothy Szczepaniak

Town of Berlin

Highway Superintendent: James Winn
Town Justice: Joseph Rechen

Town of Berne

Assessor: Carol Crounse
Town Council: James C. Hamilton; Randy Rapp; Peter Vance

Town of Bethlehem

Receiver of Taxes: Nancy Mendick; Patricia Parsons
Superintendent of Highways: Gregg Sagendorph
Supervisor: John H. Cunningham; James Grady
Town Council: Melody Burns; Joann V. Dawson; Mark Hennessey; Arthur Scheuermann
Town Clerk: Denis Foley; Kathleen Newkirk
Town Justice: Paul F. Dwyer; Daniel Persing

Town of Brunswick

Supervisor: Philip H. Herrington
Town Clerk: Susan Quest-Sherman
Town Council: James Brearton; Daniel F. Casale

Town of Cambridge

Town Council Seat: Theodore (Ted) Berndt

Town of Charlton

Tax Collector: Linda LaRue

Town of Clifton Park

Highway Superintendent: Richard Kukuk
Supervisor: Arthur Vandervoort
Town Clerk: Theresa Izzo
Town Council: Nancy Bellamy; Thomas Paolucci
Town Justice: Robert Ryback

Town of Coeymans

Town Justice: Virginia Pearson; Kevin J. Reilly
Town Council: Peter E. Masti

Town of Colonie

Supervisor: Mary E. Brizzell; Paula A. Mahan
Town Clerk: Elizabeth A. DelTorto
Town Council: Ulderic Boisvert; Michael J. DeMattino III; Nancy Hernandez
Town Justice: Peter G. Crummey

Town of Corinth

Town Council: Thomas Clothier, Sr.

Town of Day

Town Council: Charles Dreyer

Town of Duanesburg

Supervisor: Rene' J. Merihew
Town Justice: Camille Siano Enders

Town of East Greenbush

Town Council: Michael P. Cristo, Jr.; Phillips J. Danaher

Town of Glenville

Town Council: Robert Bailey; Christopher Todd Godlewski; Christopher Koetzle; Mark Quinn

Town of Grafton

Assessor: William S. Middleton; Jon Surprise
Supervisor: Alison Kirchner
Town Justice: Dennis McGurn
Town Council: Jennifer MacDonald

Town of Greenfield

Supervisor: Dick Rowland
Town Council: Thomas Kinsella; Lisa M. Kosek; Gerard McKenna

Town of Hadley

Town Council: Colleen DeMarsh

Town of Halfmoon

Town Council: Craig A. Haynor
Town Justice: Jeffrey Hartnett; Kevin Tollisen

Town of Knox

Supervisor: Mark Von Haugg
Tax collector: Delia A. Palumbo

Town of Malta

Supervisor: Paul Sausville
Tax Collector: Sylvia Sievers
Town Council: Tara Thomas

Town of Milton

Supervisor: Frank Thompson
Town Clerk: Cynthia Young
Tax Collector: Carl Englehart
Town Council: Joseph Miranda, Meg Stevens

Town of Moreau

Town Council: Thomas K. Cumm
Town Justice: Joseph McPhillips

Town of Nassau

Supervisor: David F. Fleming, Jr.; Michael I. Roland
Town Clerk: Rita M. Labrum

Town of New Scotland

Town Justice: Margaret M. Adkins; John T. Keenan, III; David Wukitsch
Town Clerk: Diane Deschenes
Town Council: Deborah Baron; Richard C. Reilly

Town of Niskayuna

Supervisor: J. Briggs McAndrews
Town Clerk: Helen Kopke
Town Council: Liz Orzel Kasper; Julie McDonnell; Scott Stevens; Mark A. Stuart
Town Justice: Louis W. Chicatelli; Stephen F. Swinton, Jr.

Town of North Greenbush

Supervisor: Joshua Sabo
Tax Collector: Dennis Bonesteel

Town of Northumberland

Tax Collector: Helen Bryant
Town Council: Patricia Bryant

Town of Petersburg

Supervisor: James M. Hubbard
Town Council: Barbara Messenger

Town of Pittstown

Highway Superintendent: Roland Maynard
Town Council: Alexander Remington

Town of Princetown

Highway Superintendent: Nicholas Maura, Sr.
Supervisor: Nicholas J. Maura, Jr.
Town Council: Victor Benson; Melanie S. Whiteley

Town of Rensselaerville

Town Council: Marie Dermody

Town of Rotterdam

Superintendant of Highways: James E. Longo
Superintendant: Steven Tommasone
Town Board: Michael Della Villa; John A. Denny III

Town of Sand Lake

Supervisor: William Reinhardt; Steve Robelotto
Town Clerk: Christine Kronau
Town Council: Burton Rounds; Raymond Turner

Town of Saratoga

Tax Collector: James Gorham
Town Clerk: Ruth Drumm
Town Council: Fred Drumm

Town of Schodack

Town Clerk: Donna L. Conlin

Town of Stephentown

Superintendent of Highways: Terry Sykes
Supervisor: Thomas E. Sherman
Town Council: William Jennings

Town of Stillwater

Supervisor: J. Gregory Connors
Town Council: Virgina Whitman
Town Justice: Marcia Morris

Town of Wilton

Tax Collector: Marsha J. Reed
Town Council: Charles Gerber; Raymond O'Connor

Troy

Mayor: James Conroy
City Council: District 2: Mary Sweeney
City Council, District 4: William S. Dunne
City Council, District 5: Ken Zalewski

2006 Fair Campaign Practices Pledges Signed By:

21st Congressional District: Michael R. McNulty
44th Senate District: Hugh Farley
44th Senate District: Jeffrey Stark
45th Senate District: Tim Merrick
105th Assembly District: Paul Tonko
108th Assembly District: Timothy P. Gordon, Martin T. Reid
109th Assembly District: Robert P. Reilly
110th Assembly District: James Tedisco; Michael Eidens
112th Assembly District: Roy J. McDonald; David J. Carter
Ballston Town Council: Patti Southworth
Ballston Town Justice: Cynthia R. Amrhein
Village of Scotia Justice: Robert A Moore
Albany City Court Judge: John C. Scott
Bethlehem Town Justice: Ryan T. Donovan
Saratoga County Clerk: Russell Brettholz; Kathleen A Marchione
Schenectady County – Scotia Trustee: Thomas A. Gifford, Joseph Rizzo
Schenectady City Council: Margaret C. King

Decisions on Complaints by Candidates

Note: Decisions on Complaints are PDF documents (Need Adobe Reader to view PDF documents? Click Here to download a free version of the software.)

2007 Decisions

McPhillips V. McCabe

Townley V. Southworth

Southworth V. Townley

Boyd V. Keehn

Tommasone V. Cook

Lazzari V. Jasenski & Godlewski

Townley, Ireland & Szczpeniak V. Southworth & Seymour

Southworth & Seymour V. Townley, Ireland & Szczpeniak

Jasenski & Godlewski V. Lazzari & Santabarbara

Santabarbara V. Jasenski & Godlewski

Cooke V. Tommasone

Press Release - District 4 Candidates Schenectady County Legislature

Press Release - Call for Journalists to Help Solve Last Minute Attacks

2006 Decisions

Reilly V. Barlette

Gordon V. Reid

Pitcheralle V. Jenkins

Southworth V. Hynes

2005 Decisions

Stern V. Callanan

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