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McEneny and Burns File PetitionsBy DIA, Section News
Jack McEneney and Connie Burns are filing their petitions today to get on the ballot against Jennings and Barnette. Here are the details of how this all works:
The New York State Democratic Committee is the governing and policy board of the NY State Democratic Party. All members are elected by Assembly District. The 104th Assembly District consists of most of the City of Albany , the six Albany County Towns of Guilderland, New Scotland, Berne , Knox, Westerlo and Rensselaerville.( including the villages of Altamont and Voorheesville) The District has two committee members, one male and one female. The unpaid positions are filled by appointment unless a challenge is brought through the primary system. The signatures of 500 enrolled Democratic voters are required to run for the office, which has a term of two years. Burns and McEneny will be filing well over three times the required number. Both Burns and McEneny are well known in Albany County Democratic circles. Connie, with her late husband, Labor Leader and former Albany Democratic Chairman, Mike Burns helped build the Democratic Party in the Town of New Scotland, she is currently the Chairperson in the Town of New Scotland Democratic Committee. Jack has represented the 104th Assembly District for 14 years. He first was elected to a one-year term as an Albany County Legislator in 1991 defeating the 18 year incumbent majority leader of that body in a grass roots Write-in election. N.B. Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings and Albany City Treasurer Betty Barnette are expected to file for the same offices. Barnette, who is also County Democratic Chair, designated herself and Jennings to the positions. These designations were not considered by the county organization's Executive Committee or full Committee, leading many to consider them "open positions" best filled by Democratic voters in the Primary Election , Tuesday, September 12th, 2006.
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