David Gay is Back

David Gay, local Republican rabble-rouser, is up to his old tricks. After causing a brief headache for party-designated congressional candidate Dale Sweetland last year, Mr. Gay has a new quest in this year’s election. David Gay threw his hat in the ring as a last-minute write-in challenger to Van Robinson, a Democrat, and the unopposed candidate for Common Council President. Though he surely knows he cannot win, the last-minute write-in campaign is certainly a good way to keep his name in the news as he contemplates another run for Congress as a Republican in 2010 (the only Republican to announce so far being Paul Bertan of Camillus).

Speaking of running for Congress, I have heard quite a few names of potential Republican challengers to Democrat Congressman Maffei being thrown around, not one of which have impressed me. Until now. Within the last week, a credible source inside local Republican politics sent me an email and dropped the name of a potential candidate to challenge Maffei. I will not name names until it can be independently confirmed, but if this potential challenger decides to jump in, he/she will instantly be considered a top-tier candidate, if not the Republican frontrunner.

It seems I have hijacked my own post. I didn’t mean to go off track. Back to David Gay: if Mr. Gay can draw enough write-in votes for Common Council President to gain some media coverage, he will be given more credibility to build his case for his potential future run for office as a Libertarian/Republican. Rest assured, this blog will be following him closely.