The Fighting 29th

All about New York's 29th Congressional District

The Kuhl campaign has released another ad, this one attacking Eric Massa's health plan.

Reader Elmer sends today's stories [pdf] on Massa's Republican endorsements and tonight's Kuhl appearance on 20/20.

Randy Kuhl will appear tonight on ABC's 20/20, which airs at 10 PM on ABC. He will talk about the Farm Bill with John Stossel.

Update: ABC News has posted the story that accompanies the 20/20 show. Kuhl is not quoted in the story, but it's quite critical of the farm bill.

The Star-Gazette has a fundraising story, and their Political Notebook is full of news about the 29th race.

WENY examines the bowling alley story.

Eric Massa was endorsed by one Republican County Legislator and a newly registered Democrat who was a Republican for 20 years.

The Hornell Evening Tribune has a lengthy interview with Massa.

The Kuhl campaign's new ad is embedded below:

The latest FEC filings show that Eric Massa out-raised Randy Kuhl in the last five weeks of the third quarter.

Massa raised $247K and has $401K on hand. Kuhl raised $163K and has $374K on hand.

Ray Levato at Rochester News 10 covers Kuhl's new poll, and mentions the independent polls as an afterthought.

WENY points out that the Canandaigua bowling alley loan is not an earmark.

Even non-partisan Citizens Against Government Waste tells Politico that Kuh's desire to abolish the Appropriations Committee is a bad idea.

And WXXI reminds us that yard sign theft is nothing new.

Reader Elmer sends today's Corning Leader story [pdf] on Massa's VFW endorsement.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) put $159K behind the ad released yesterday. That seems like a lot of money, except that their buy in neighboring NY-26 is almost twice that number. Overall, the DCCC has spent almost $900K in NY-26, on a weaker candidate, in an only slightly-less Republican district than the 29th.

(via Exile at the Albany Project)