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Gubernatorial candidate Astorino tours region

Sep 23, 2014 6:30 am
The Mid-Hudson News Network reported Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert Astorino brought his campaign to the Hudson Valley and Catskills Sun., Sept. 21. Astorino, the Westchester County executive who is challenging Democrat Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, said an increasing number of voters are disenchanted with the incumbent. Astorino said the first indication that people are ready for a big change was when 40 percent of Democrats statewide voted against their own candidate. He said, "...if people were feeling real good about the state, they would have voted in record numbers for their own governor in their own primary.” Attorney and college professor Zephyr Teachout challenged Cuomo in the primary and carried most eastern New York counties, including all of the counties in the Mid-Hudson region. On Sunday, Astorino attended church services in Newburgh and Poughkeepsie. He also stopped at a Greene County grassroots rally in Greenville. Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.