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Democrats seek challenger for Sen. Dan Stec, but no one yet

By Maury Thompson, Special to The Chronicle

Democrats hope to find a challenger for Sen. Dan Stec, R-Queensbury, although no one has emerged with five weeks before nominating petition process begins.

“What we need is for a candidate to step forward,” said Washington County Democratic Chairman Alan Stern.

Warren County Democratic Chairwoman Lynne Boecher said Sen. Stec “continues to drive a noticeable wedge with his opposition to Gov. Hochul.”

Warren …

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First take on Lapper-Stec race

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

I regularly jog through Glens Falls and Queensbury. With my headphones in, I’m lost to the world — except I notice political lawn signs.

Lately, I’ve been struck by an abundance of Jean Lapper for State Senate signs, particularly in the Broadacres area.

They’re bigger than other signs too.

Not so many signs for the incumbent State Senator Dan Stec.

Small sample size, I …

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Lapper says it was ‘a stunt’ to cancel reenactment over gun issue; Stec: Legal liability real

Chronicle Staff Writer Zander Frost writes: Last week The Rogers Island Visitor Center in Fort Edward said it cancelled its 18th Century Military Encampment & Battle Reenactment due to “New York State’s new gun law that restricts the carrying of firearms in ‘sensitive places.’”

Senator Stec blasted the law in a subsequent press release.

His November opponent Jean Lapper referred to the move as a “political stunt.”

She said, “The …

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Our September 29 front page

Autumn Home Issue Glens Falls Rotary 100th. Seeks to turn King Neptunes into hotel. First take on Lapper-Stec race. A dog park in Glens Falls, at Haviland’s Cove? World’s Largest Garage Sale is back! in Wbarrensburg. Tony DeSare in Hudson Falls for Christmas at Strand. LG: American Legion Post 374 marks 100th. Glens Falls fails to post documents, but promises ‘soon.’ Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s

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Stefanik, Stec, Castelli on guns

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, her challenger Matt Castelli and State Senator Dan Stec all sent press releases Monday that talked about guns.

Rep. Stefanik denounced New York legislation enacted over the weekend that looks to curb the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down the Empire State’s long-standing high threshhold for letting people carry guns.

Governor “Kathy Hochul and her radical Far-Left Democrat allies in Albany are shredding the …

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