New York Dems rode a national wave and millions in prediction market super PAC cash. Now they want to claim their spend spree is improving lives in a state people can't leave fast enough.
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Michael Kracker
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Erie County GOP Chairman. #BillsMafia. Typo enthusiast.
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We’ve reached the ‘Invoices I Forgot About’ part of the political calendar
The first campaign I ever managed was a special election for State Assembly in South Buffalo. I was green but eager to learn. We had a great candidate, an aggressive grassroots ground game, and a message about improving the lives of the people in that district. We won in a shocking upset and sent Mickey Kearns to the State Assembly.
While my friend Mickey came up short this year, and Tuesday didn’t go the way we hoped for a lot of our candidates here in Erie County, I remain immeasurably proud of our team. We had some big victories, including reelecting our great Congressman Nick Langworthy, electing Deanne Tripi to State Supreme Court, reelecting Frank Todaro, sending Ed Rath and Scott Honer to join our Republican caucus in the County Legislature, and winning a town board seat with John Rusinski in West Seneca, along with other wins in a tough environment. But there’s no doubt the overall outcome was not what we hoped for in Erie County or across New York State. We lost some great Republican leaders and missed opportunities to send more good people to office.
As Chairman of the Erie County Republican Committee, I wanted to deliver more for the incredible men and women who put their names on the ballot, and for the committee members and volunteers who got them there and supported them throughout this campaign. Not every year goes our way.
I am incredibly grateful for the work our team put into this election and for the new people who brought so much energy and enthusiasm to the fight. Many of you had never been involved in a campaign before this year, and you jumped in with both feet. To everyone who carried petitions, drove with us to rallies, worked the tailgates, made phone calls, and showed up day after day on street corners waving signs, I can’t thank you enough, and I hope we keep working together to improve our state.
To my town and city chairs, thank you for working harder, and more as a team, than I’ve ever seen. We have the best team in the state, and I know we’ll be back at work growing our party here in Erie County.
Every good organization takes time to reflect on what went well and what needs to improve. I look forward to talking with our town leaders, grassroots team, elected officials, supporters, and partners to learn from this election and get right back to work on the races ahead.
Fourteen years ago, I was the green new campaign operative learning on the fly. Some of the first-time grassroots volunteers who knocked doors and waved signs this fall will be running campaigns of their own someday, and some will be on the ballot. That’s how a party grows. Thank you to everyone who played a part, and congratulations to the winners on both sides, especially our Republican team. We’re already back at it for 2027.
God bless.
While my friend Mickey came up short this year, and Tuesday didn’t go the way we hoped for a lot of our candidates here in Erie County, I remain immeasurably proud of our team. We had some big victories, including reelecting our great Congressman Nick Langworthy, electing Deanne Tripi to State Supreme Court, reelecting Frank Todaro, sending Ed Rath and Scott Honer to join our Republican caucus in the County Legislature, and winning a town board seat with John Rusinski in West Seneca, along with other wins in a tough environment. But there’s no doubt the overall outcome was not what we hoped for in Erie County or across New York State. We lost some great Republican leaders and missed opportunities to send more good people to office.
As Chairman of the Erie County Republican Committee, I wanted to deliver more for the incredible men and women who put their names on the ballot, and for the committee members and volunteers who got them there and supported them throughout this campaign. Not every year goes our way.
I am incredibly grateful for the work our team put into this election and for the new people who brought so much energy and enthusiasm to the fight. Many of you had never been involved in a campaign before this year, and you jumped in with both feet. To everyone who carried petitions, drove with us to rallies, worked the tailgates, made phone calls, and showed up day after day on street corners waving signs, I can’t thank you enough, and I hope we keep working together to improve our state.
To my town and city chairs, thank you for working harder, and more as a team, than I’ve ever seen. We have the best team in the state, and I know we’ll be back at work growing our party here in Erie County.
Every good organization takes time to reflect on what went well and what needs to improve. I look forward to talking with our town leaders, grassroots team, elected officials, supporters, and partners to learn from this election and get right back to work on the races ahead.
Fourteen years ago, I was the green new campaign operative learning on the fly. Some of the first-time grassroots volunteers who knocked doors and waved signs this fall will be running campaigns of their own someday, and some will be on the ballot. That’s how a party grows. Thank you to everyone who played a part, and congratulations to the winners on both sides, especially our Republican team. We’re already back at it for 2027.
God bless.
Sending fundraising texts today is very dumb.