Rabbitt, surrounded by supporters, announces in Goshen
GOSHEN – Orange County Clerk Annie Rabbitt formally announced her
candidacy for State Senate in the 42nd District. A Republican, Rabbitt
was a state assemblywoman for years prior to being elected to the county
post.
She is running for the seat currently held by Republican John Bonacic,
who is retiring at the end of the year.
Rabbitt, of Greenwood Lake, is a former small businesswoman and among
the top items on her list of priorities is to keep local jobs and attract
new ones. And she believes in keeping in touch with real people.
“I pumped gas and I had workman comp bills sitting on my desk and
I knew I had to have payroll at the end of the week,” she said.
“When I went to Albany and I real debated issues, I would ask a
sitting assemblyman, ‘How much is the cost of gas?’ If you
could not give me that answer, you didn’t deserve to sit in that
seat across from me and do business.”
Rabbitt is making campaign stops in Goshen, Monticello and Delhi today
announcing the launch of her campaign.
State Assemblyman Karl Brabenec of Deerpark, another Republican, was the
first to announce he would run for the Senate seat, but backed off in
“the best interest of the party.” He was run for the Assembly
again this fall.
Two Democrats are seeking their party’s nomination – Jen
Metzger, a Rosendale town councilwoman, and Pramilla Malik of Wawayanda,
an environmentalist and a leader in the anti-CPV power plant movement.
