Press Release: August 31, 2006
Congressional Candidates Eric Sundwall (Libertarian -20th district of NY) and Warren Redlich (Republican - 21st district ofNY) announced today that they would work together to keep Sundwall on the ballot in his race.
Three objections were filed with the State Board of Elections against
Sundwall's petitions. The incumbent Republican in the 20th district is
John Sweeney. That race has drawn national attention because of a
well-financed Democratic challenger, Kirsten Gillibrand, and because
of mistakes made by Sweeney including getting caught at a frat party,
making misogynistic comments about Gillibrand, and an ongoing
corruption scandal involving the Olympic Committee. The 21st district
race includes a Democrat primary between incumbent Michael McNulty and
challenger Thomas Raleigh, with Redlich facing the winner in the
general election. Both districts have the majority of their population
in the greater Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan area.
Redlich, a lawyer in Albany NY who has experience with Election Law
disputes, is a longtime friend of Sundwall. "Eric's a great guy. He
and I both support changes in the Election Law to give voters more
choices," Redlich said. "New York's arcane laws make life very
difficult for candidates who are not insiders."
Sundwall agreed: "Warren and I share a common distrust for insider
politics. Gillibrand is a product of the traditional Albany machine
and Congressman Sweeney was basically appointed by the powers to be."
Redlich, who was also endorsed by the Libertarian Party, had his
Libertarian petitions challenged by Thomas A. Nardacci, a Rensselaer
Democrat closely connected with McNulty and Gillibrand. Redlich's
Republican petitions were not challenged and he does not intend to
contest the objections to the Libertarian petitions that were filed on
his behalf as there were not enough signatures. Knowing they were
deficient, Redlich did not file paperwork to accept the Libertarian
line. "I don't know why they even bothered to object," he noted.
Sundwall stressed that the insider issue is central to his and
Redlich's campaigns. "Sweeney and McNulty are not accustomed to
competition. Attempting to keep us off the ballot underscores that.
They have burdened future generations with this conflict in Iraq.
Warren Redlich and I are a new generation of leadership that will
insure this type of travesty will not occur again."
Eric Sundwall
Eric Sundwall for Congress
info@sundwall4congress.org
Warren Redlich
Warren Redlich for Congress
888-733-5299
wredlich@gmail.com