NY-SD-55: Nachbar makes Top 10 on ActBlue
New York is where it’s at! This election season is putting New York state front and center in so many contests it’s hard to keep track of them all. Hotly contested races that are receiving much national attention include NY-25, NY-26, and NY-29, and now add SD-55. From the ActBlue website (bold mine):
A native of New Jersey, Nachbar attended Cornell University in upstate New York, and is now running for state Senate in New York’s 55th District, located in the northwestern part of the Empire State. Nachbar is challenging Republican incumbent Jim Alesi, who is serving his sixth two-year term in the state Senate. Nachbar is the former VP of Human Resources at Bausch & Lomb, and has been a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and Twin Cities Public Television.
This is Nachbar’s first appearance on the Campaign Newswire–an impressive feat for a campaign that is little more than one month old. Nachbar announced his candidacy on June 2, 2008, with Monroe County Democratic Committee Chariman and New York State Asemblyman Joe Morelle joining him in support. After creating an ActBlue page in late June, Nachbar has brought in over $15,000 in contributions from across the country in only three weeks. Nachbar is only the third state candidate to make the Newswire Top 10 since its launch.
In a joint press conference on July 7, New York Senator Chuck Schumer endorsed Nachbar and Richard Dollinger, a Democrat running for state Senate in New York’s 56th district, saying that Nachbar has “spent his career creating jobs” and that together, Nachbar and Dollinger are “a great team that will do great things for the families they represent.”
Nachbar’s ActBlue hubpage: http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/20272
Nachbar’s campaign site: no site could be found.
Tip: I just got a tip last night that Nachbar will be launching a website soon. I’ll link it up when it posts.
This is a great development for David Nachbar’s campaign because the grassroots movement is the way to go—and online resources are the new grassroots tools which have been used so effectively by Howard Dean and Barack Obama.
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