A new Siena poll shows some interesting shifts in some State Senate races. First, in the 58th Senate District Bill Stachowski has retaken the lead over Dennis Delano. Stachowski now has a 47-43 percent lead over Delano, after trailing 49-36 percent in the previous Siena poll in this district where Democrats...

New York State is already over-taxed, over-regulated, and being run into the ground by Democrats at all levels of state government. This article explains what is at stake in the 61st State Senate District election: There’s no shortage of big, important political races this fall, but it’s hard to...

Listening to Mike Ranzenhofer and Baby Joe Mesi on WBEN with Kevin Hardwick… and it is quite clear why Baby Joe had previously been avoiding debating Ranzenhofer. While Mike is demonstrating a clear understanding of the issues and is giving definitive answers, Baby Joe is giving more wishy-washy...

It’s kind of funny how similar Jon Powers and Baby Joe Mesi are. Both have shady dealing with their respective charities. Jon Powers’ failed charity, War Kids Relief, according to disclosure forms, lined his wallet a lot better than it helped Iraqi children, and Joe Mesi’s Organ...

A Siena poll released today shows good news for Dennis Delano (SD-61) and Dale Volker (SD-59). First, here’s what the poll says about the 61st Senate District race: In a district where Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than two-to-one, Delano holds a 49-36 percent lead over Stachowski. While...

Mike Ranzenhofer accepted seven invitations to debate Baby Joe Mesi. But, apparently Baby Joe isn’t willing to step into the ring with Mike Ranzenhofer. Ranzenhofer’s challenge to Joe Mesi on September 24th forced the Mesi campaign to commit to three overdue debate invitations. Mesi responded...

Looks like Baby Joe isn’t really interested in fighting for lower taxes. The state’s projected $9 billion budget gap for next year didn’t stop State Senate candidate Michael H. Ranzenhofer from suggesting a massive, across-the-board cut in taxes last week. Ranzenhofer said his tax plan —...

I’ve noticed a lot of ads on TV for the tight race Senate District 61 between Mike Ranzenhofer and Baby Joe. So, I’ve decided to weigh in on two of those ads, one from each campaign, that features the candidate talking to the camera. First, here’s Mike Ranzenhofer’s: Next, here’s...

Interesting results from the Siena poll released today. The Senate race to fill the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Mary Lou Rath is in a statistical dead heat, according to a poll out this morning. The Siena College Research Institute poll shows former boxer Joe Mesi, a Democrat, leading Michael...

Baby Joe Mesi, who “challenged” Mike Ranzenhofer to three debates over a week ago, is now apparently running away from debating Ranzenhofer, who had immediately accepted the challenge. From the Ranzenhofer campaign: Mike Ranzenhofer, Candidate for State Senate in the 61st Senate District,...

Today, Mike Ranzenhofer, candidate for State Senate in the 61st Senate District, will announce his plan for cutting state spending 15% across the board. Meanwhile, somewhere else, Baby Joe Mesi is working on another boxing/fighting metaphor for his campaign.

Buffalo 14228 makes this weak argument against Mike Ranzenhofer: He’ll do what Mary Lou Rath, the current Republican state senator for 14 years, was unable or unwilling to do…get something done. No sense going through the list of all the previous ineffectve Republican predecessors. All you...

The Albany Project gleefully reports that Baby Joe Mesi has “challenged” Mike Ranzenhofer to three debates. “We owe the voters of the 61st an opportunity to hear more than sound bites from radio and television ads for such an important election.” said Joe Mesi.  ”I believe...

I am always amused when Democrats claim they want to talk about issues and in practice, they are some of the nastiness campaigners, desperately seeking to tear their opponents down in order to raise themselves up. So far, the democratic primary in the 26th district has been defined by negative ads, finger-pointing,...

A reader of The Buffalo Bean has informed me that “Baby” Joe Mesi has what could be described as his own “War Kids Relief” scandal with his Fight for Organ Donation Foundation. According to the reader, “from 2003 to 2006 Mesi’s charity, Baby Joe Mesi’s...