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In heavily Democratic New York City, it is rare to have a close State Assembly race in November. Most contests are effectively decided in the September primary, if not sooner. […]

With Democratic candidates dominating the polls in nearly all the races for statewide office, Republicans ramped up their campaigns to try to thwart a Democratic onslaught on Tuesday, with Gov. […]

Jeanine F. Pirro began yesterday campaigning at an apartment building for the elderly in Syracuse. From there she went to Utica and, later in the day, Rome, N.Y., where she […]

The campaign of Jeanine F. Pirro announced the endorsement of a well-known pastor and civil rights leader yesterday afternoon and quoted him as calling her 'the most qualified and experienced […]

Since he first went to Congress in 1997, Representative Vito J. Fossella Jr. has been re-elected by fairly commanding margins and has slowly become the most influential Republican in his […]

A 30-second commercial for Andrew M. Cuomo, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, began running yesterday on broadcast and cable stations across the state. PRODUCER -- AKP Message and Media […]

The indictment this week of Assemblyman Brian M. McLaughlin, a major labor leader in New York City, on federal racketeering charges has not only created shock waves in Albany and […]

Jeanine F. Pirro and Andrew M. Cuomo used their second and final debate on Tuesday to exchange personal attacks, with Mr. Cuomo being labeled an untested novice and Ms. Pirro […]

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton asserted yesterday that the Bush administration's failings in foreign and domestic policy were so great that Republican and independent voters would help Democrats win control of […]

One of the themes of Jeanine F. Pirro's campaign for attorney general in recent weeks has been her call for more debates with her Democratic opponent, Andrew M. Cuomo. Ms. […]

Andrew M. Cuomo, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, said yesterday that he would participate in a second debate next week with his Republican rival, Jeanine F. Pirro. For much […]

Scoffing at his rival's challenge to multiple debates, Andrew M. Cuomo, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, said yesterday that he saw no reason to have more than two face-to-face […]

Jeanine F. Pirro, the Republican candidate for attorney general, said yesterday that federal prosecutors had told her lawyer that there was 'no evidence' that she illegally bugged her husband's boat, […]

Jeanine F. Pirro, the Republican candidate for attorney general in New York, is calling for the United States attorney's office to complete its investigation of her within the next few […]

Jeanine F. Pirro, the Republican candidate for state attorney general, has collected about $450,000 in campaign contributions in the days after revealing that she was the subject of a federal […]

In an unusually large show of Democratic Party unity, dozens of politicians and elected officials gathered yesterday on the steps of New York City Hall to celebrate the selection of […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee started to show campaign commercials yesterday that attack United States Representative John E. Sweeney, an upstate Republican in a competitive re-election battle. Mr. Sweeney, who […]

A state senator from Queens has apparently secured enough support from his Democratic colleagues to become the next Senate minority leader, several Democratic members of that body said yesterday. Malcolm […]

Jeanine F. Pirro's announcement last week that she was the subject of a federal investigation into whether she illegally taped her husband's conversations was the kind of disclosure that might […]

In the days since Jeanine F. Pirro announced that she was the subject of a federal investigation into whether she illegally taped her husband's conversations, there has been one major […]

In her most successful fund-raising event of the general election campaign, Jeanine F. Pirro, the Republican candidate for attorney general, took in about $750,000 yesterday at a breakfast that included [...]

In a move to keep a State Senate seat in the Republican Party's hands, Robert J. Helbock, the Conservative candidate in a three-way race, announced yesterday that he was withdrawing […]

A 30-second commercial for Andrew M. Cuomo, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, began running statewide yesterday on broadcast and cable television stations. PRODUCER -- Jimmy Siegel. ON THE SCREEN […]

Claims that Jeanine F. Pirro ignored pleas to review DNA evidence that ultimately cleared a convicted murderer were the latest thorny issue to dog her campaign for attorney general. Those […]

State Senator Ada L. Smith spent much of Friday and Saturday at the offices of the New York City Board of Elections, monitoring a ballot-counting process that may lead to […]

When City Councilwoman Yvette D. Clarke strode into City Hall yesterday afternoon for a scheduled meeting of the Council, she was greeted as though she were a conquering hero. She […]

Andrew M. Cuomo, President Clinton's housing secretary and the son of a former governor, won a decisive victory in the Democratic primary for attorney general yesterday over his closest rival, […]

A Queens State senator who endured a wave of negative press headlines appeared to have narrowly lost her State Senate seat last night in a rare defeat for a legislative […]

For his nearly three decades in the State Senate, Martin Connor has become known not only for the time he spent as the Democratic leader, but as one of the […]

With just three days before voters go to the polls for party primaries, candidates for a number of offices trekked to neighborhoods throughout the New York City area yesterday, to […]

Mark Green's campaign for attorney general has received another $102,000 from his brother, Stephen L. Green, a real estate developer, in the week leading up to Tuesday's Democratic primary, an […]

Representative Edolphus Towns was scheduled to remain in Washington on Wednesday evening and through today, leaving to the weekend his plans to campaign in his Brooklyn district for a 13th […]

The Democratic candidates for attorney general met in their final joint appearance yesterday in a debate that highlighted the intensifying tension between the two leading candidates, Mark Green and Andrew […]

H. Carl McCall, the former state comptroller, yesterday endorsed City Councilwoman Yvette D. Clarke, a candidate for a Congressional seat in central Brooklyn. Mr. McCall, who in 2002 was the […]

Hoping to unite Democrats one week before the party's primary, Charlie King, the former chairman of the Manhattan Democratic Party, dropped out of the race for attorney general yesterday and […]

The four-way Democratic race for a Congressional seat in Brooklyn intensified yesterday on the busiest campaign day of the New York primary season, as one candidate faced hecklers -- and […]

At a breakfast in Brooklyn yesterday morning, more than 50 ministers hailed City Councilwoman Yvette D. Clarke as the next member of Congress from their borough. City Councilman David Yassky, […]

As events in this year's race for New York attorney general go, it was an oddity. Two of the four candidates for the Democratic nomination, Andrew M. Cuomo and Charlie […]

The pitched battle for the Democratic nomination for attorney general has no shortage of televised debates: there was one last night in Westchester County, and two more are scheduled for […]

For the four Democrats running for Congress in central Brooklyn, there may be differing views on a host of subjects. But on one topic there is strong agreement: They all […]

When Representative Charles B. Rangel held a news conference last week to endorse Andrew M. Cuomo for attorney general, he spent only a little more time praising Mr. Cuomo than […]

The indictment of State Senator Efrain Gonzalez Jr. yesterday on charges of mail fraud is not likely to bring any immediate changes to the political landscape in the Bronx. Mr. […]

The four Democratic candidates for a Congressional seat in Brooklyn took part in a spirited debate last night in which three of them aimed their attacks at Councilman David Yassky […]

Councilwoman Yvette D. Clarke, a candidate for Congress in Brooklyn, acknowledged yesterday that she had fallen a few credits short of graduating from Oberlin College despite past claims in campaign […]

Mark Green, a Democratic candidate for attorney general, was endorsed yesterday by the Sierra Club, an environmental organization. Ken Baer, the group's state chairman, said, Mr. Green 'has demonstrated his […]

For the last few months, black politicians have worried that a crowded Democratic field of candidates would pave the way for a white city councilman, David Yassky, to take the […]

What a difference four years makes in Harlem politics. The last time he ran for statewide office, Andrew M. Cuomo was shunned by a nearly every politician in northern Manhattan. […]

For nearly 25 years, Roger L. Green has represented a swath of central Brooklyn in the Assembly, but now that he is running for Congress, the race to succeed him […]

Mark Green, the former New York City public advocate, delivered a withering series of attacks on Andrew M. Cuomo during a combative, fast-paced debate last night between the four Democrats […]

The five candidates for New York attorney general last night repeatedly invoked the name of Eliot Spitzer, the man they hope to succeed, in a forum broadcast statewide that was […]