Labor Day was once said to be the beginning of campaign season, but with a heated political environment, the election between freshman representative John Faso, a Republican, and Democrat Antonio Delgado is already under way. Neither candidate lists local appearances in advance on their websites, but there were reports that they were marching in local parades on the fourth of July. Delgado showed photos on his Twitter feed of him in several parades, starting the day at the Hyde Park Independence Day parade, where he marched with Assembly candidate Karen Smythe and others. Then he went to Oneonta's Hometown 4th Festival, and ended the day at Windham's parade in Greene County marching with Assembly candidate Aidan O'Connor and others. Faso spent the morning marching in the Saugerties parade July 4 parade, according to his social media accounts.