During last week’s debate between House Republican Tom Reed and Democrat contender Martha Robertson ’75, most of the audience erupted in laughter and groans when Robertson attempted to implicate Reed in the souped-up “war on women.” This video has gone viral, with national news outlets and personalities covering and discussing it. It’s proof of how more and...
A crowd of over two hundred people packed into Clemens Center in Elmira, New York on the evening of Oct. 23 to get the chance to watch live the only debate between House Rep. Tom Reed (R) and his challenger, Democrat Martha Robertson ’75. The auditorium itself only had capacity for roughly 160 spectators, and...
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) recently cut its advertising funding for New York’s 23rd district Democratic candidate, Martha Robertson ’75. The ads would have aired in the final two weeks leading up to the election and were slated to cost $465,000. This is a drastic setback among many others for Robertson, who just back in March...
Remember my previous article about the Cornell Democrats hosting NY23 Democratic congressional candidate Martha Robertson, and how members of the Cornell Dems’ E-Board said no audio or video recording was permitted? Turns out that was a lie. The Cornell Daily Sun, the school’s major newspaper, took a nearly two-minute long video of Robertson speaking and...
Read here for updates. The Democrat contender for New York’s 23rd district, Martha Robertson, spoke briefly about her election campaign against incumbent Republican Tom Reed at a Cornell Democrats event Wednesday evening. Speaking for 30 minutes to a crowd of about 40 students, Robertson, Cornell Class of 1975, mainly stuck to autobiography and her major...