Citing Maffei's Momentum, Congressional Quarterly Upgrades NY-25 to "Lean Democrat"

Written by: Tegan R on Jul 11, 2008 12:25 PM EDT

Linked to campaigns: Dan Maffei for US Congress (NY-25)

(Disclaimer: This post is from a Maffei campaign press release. I do not work for Dan Maffei's campaign, but I am an intern at Democracy for America.)

Congressional Quarterly (CQ) today upgraded its race ranking for New York's 25th Congressional District to "Lean Democrat", citing recent campaign developments that have given Democratic candidate Dan Maffei a huge momentum boost. CQ joins the Rothenberg Report and the Cook Political Report in ranking the race in favor of Maffei, giving the DeWitt Democrat a clean sweep.

According to CQ, "Maffei's fundraising advantage and exposure has led CQ Politics to change its rating on the race to Leans Democrat from No Clear Favorite."

"Voters are clearly responding to my message of change and a new direction for upstate New York," said Maffei. "They are tired of the policies of the past that have hurt hard working men and women and caused this area to lose thousands of jobs. We can do better – we must do better in order to make our region a place where people can stay and raise their families."

Maffei yesterday announced another record fundraising quarter and a new television ad campaign.

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