Primary Challenge, an organization I co-founded with Len Roberto to take on the entrenched politicians in Erie County NY now has moved state wide and is looking for candidates to run for Senate and Assembly.

With the gerrymandering of districts across NY the only way to take back control of our government is to take the fight to them, in their parties primary.

Mission Statement for Primary Challenge

For too long, the citizens of Western New York have been the victims of irresponsible corrupt government at the local and state levels. The final insult of this sordid development is the recent Erie County budget fiasco, which offers voters an unacceptable choice between confiscatory taxes or draconian cuts in vital services. Due to this reprehensible brand of leadership, Primary Challenge has set out to change the nature of local government.

The purpose of Primary Challenge is to draft, support and infuse new blood into all levels of government. This is not merely an attempt at changing faces, but an effort to establish real change in the way local government does business. Primary Challenge wishes to supply comprehensive, purposed reform – not tokens like regionalism or waterfront development. Genuine reform cannot take place without healthy doses of decentralization, democratization and limited government. This type of wholesale change will allow our region to soften tax rates, end the spoils of patronage and take on Medicaid.

We are Republicans and Democrats, but foremost, we are citizens. Primary Challenge is rooted in the empowerment of the citizenry, and the toppling of a political class that has gutted this region for its own interest.

Learn more at the Primary Challenge website

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