{"id":73551,"date":"2016-09-27T02:41:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T06:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=73551"},"modified":"2016-09-26T22:44:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T02:44:39","slug":"three-candidates-for-congress-to-debate-in-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=73551","title":{"rendered":"Three Candidates for Congress to Debate in Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"vote\"<\/a>The Hamilton Forum will host a major debate between three candidates for Congress\u00a0for the seat of Congressman Richard Hanna who is not seeking reelection. Running for\u00a0reelection two years ago Hanna narrowly defeated in the Republican primary\u00a0Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, a Colgate University alumna and former publisher of the\u00a0Mid-York Weekly.<\/p>\n

Recently Tenney won the Republican nomination in a three-way contest. She will\u00a0debate Democrat Kim Myers, minority leader of the Broome County legislature, and Martin\u00a0Babinec, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who returned to his native Little Falls in Herkimer\u00a0County. Babinec is known as an independent candidate for Congress by his TV commercials\u00a0which have aired for several months. He is now the candidate of the newly founded Upstate\u00a0Jobs Party that qualified for ballot status last month.<\/p>\n

This is the first time in over fifty years that Hamilton will be the site for a debate\u00a0between candidates for national office. Expecting a record turnout of voters from Madison\u00a0County and neighboring areas in Oneida and Chenango counties, the Hamilton Forum moved\u00a0its traditional Colgate Inn venue to the reserved auditorium of the Hamilton Central School\u00a0on West Kendrick Avenue in the Village of Hamilton. The debate will take place on Thursday\u00a0evening, October 13 from 7:00 to 9:00. Look for additional information in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

On October 27 the Hamilton Forum will host a rematch debate in the Colgate Inn\u00a0between Assemblyman Bill Magee and Republican challenger John Salka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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