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  • Max Politics Podcast: Ed Cox Returns as New York Republican Party Chair

    Ed Cox on Capitol Tonight


    March 14, 2023 - Max Politics Podcast: Ed Cox Returns as New York Republican Party Chair

    Newly-elected New York State Republican Party Chair Ed Cox, who previously held the role for 10 years (2009-2019), joined the show to discuss his plans for leading the state party, how to protect and build on Republican successes in 2022, and more.

    Listen to the conversation and let us know what you think, on Twitter @TweetBenMax. You can listen to the show through the embedded audio below or download the episode

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  • Decades of Voter Registration Data Shows Tall Task for New York GOP's New Chair

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    (photo: @NewYorkGOP)


    The number of registered Republican voters in New York has been in decline, but that’s not news to the New York Republican State Committee, or its new leader. Neither is the fact that Republicans haven’t won a statewide election in New York since 2002, and in 2018 the party lost its last stronghold of state-level power when the state Senate was flipped by Democrats.

    As the New York GOP held its annual convention in Albany on July 1 and ushered in a new state party chair, Nicholas Langworthy of Erie County, Langworthy and other Republican leaders

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  • A Big Mistake Atop the New York GOP

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    Nick Langworthy, left, with Donald Trump (photo: @NickLangworthy)


    Anointing Erie County Republican leader Nicholas J. Langworthy as State Party Chair is an embarrassment for the New York GOP.

    Under his leadership, Erie Republicans have been shut out of nearly every elected office countywide. They’ve lost the county legislature, lost Assemblymember Ray Walter, and lest we forget Congressional Rep. Chris Collins is still walking that long Green Mile towards resignation and life as a future convicted felon.

    Recall, it was Langworthy’s last-minute

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  • Top Republican Strategist on Where the New York GOP Went Wrong and What To Do About It

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    former Gov. George Pataki at the 2018 NY GOP convention


    The New York Republican Party is on the brink -- perhaps not of extinction, but of a certain type of political wilderness -- and one longtime party figure says he knows where things went wrong and what to do about it.

    Republicans have not occupied a statewide office since George Pataki left the governor’s mansion at the end of 2006, and barring a massive upset in November, the statewide offices will continue to be occupied by Democrats from 2019 through 2022. Meanwhile, the state Senate,

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  • Under Clouds, Cuomo Launches State of the State Tour with New Proposals

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    Gov. Andrew Cuomo (photo: Governor's Office on flickr)


    Heading into a three-day, six-stop tour across the state, Governor Andrew Cuomo has formally released ten planks of his 2017 State of the State agenda. Through public events and press releases, Cuomo has announced a variety of proposals under the banner “excelsior, ever upward.”

    Cuomo’s State of the State junket comes as he’s feuding with state legislators and with the backdrop of a major corruption scandal in his administration, particularly his economic development programming. The second-term

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  • New Yorkers, Including the Presidential Nominees, Head to the National Party Conventions

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    The RNC approaches (image via @GOPconvention)


    The next two weeks will see the formal nominations of the two major party candidates in the contest to succeed Barack Obama as President of The United States. First, this week, Republicans are expected to nominate Donald J. Trump, who on Saturday morning introduced Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate. On Saturday, Trump promised “we’re going to have an incredible convention.” The theme of the convention is "Make America Great Again," which has been Trump's campaign

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  • Cuomo’s 2016 Wins Shaped by Progressive Forces, Electoral Lessons

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    Gov. Cuomo celebrates new progressie policies (photo: Don Pollard, Governor's Office)


    Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched himself onto the national political stage this month by orchestrating a budget deal that made New York the first state to pass a $15 minimum wage and a paid family leave program. With Vice President Joe Biden at his side the governor pushed family leave; weeks later, Cuomo signed the package of “economic justice” legislation at a celebratory rally with Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary

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