On Monday night, the general body of the Cornell Republicans voted to endorse President Donald Trump for re-election.
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Tom Reed Challenger John Plumb Kicks Off Ithaca Campaign, Reed Already Throwing Punches
John Plumb made a campaign stop in Ithaca on Wednesday evening to drum up support from the city’s politically active base of liberal progressives in his effort to unseat Republican Tom Reed. Reed, first elected in 2010, successfully faced Ithaca-area challengers Nate Shinagawa and Martha Roberton in the last two congressional elections. This time around...
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Congressman Tom Reed Backing Donald Trump
Ithaca area Congressman Tom Reed announced his support for leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday evening. “Now is the time to unite behind the candidate who I believe will be our nominee, Donald Trump,” a statement by Reed read. “We must move beyond the bombastic rhetoric to positive discussion about creating jobs and...
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Rep. Tom Reed Wants College Endowments to Pay More in Financial Aid
Cornell may have posted a subpar return on its endowment this year, but it still ranks among the country’s 90 universities with billion dollar endowments. As these mega-endowments and college tuition continue to grow, politicians are once again eyeing them as a source of tax revenue and a source of relief for families and students trying...
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You Know It’s Bad When: Democratic Party Abandons Ithaca Liberals in NY23
New York’s 23rd electoral district, currently represented by Republican Tom Reed, is a coveted prize for the national Democratic Party. In 2012 and 2014, the national party apparatus backed two Ithaca-area liberals with ties to Cornell, county legislators Nate Shinagawa and Martha Robertson, against Reed, a former mayor of Cortland. Shinagawa was narrowly defeated by a...
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Ban Fracking? Rep. Tom Reed Says Government Should Pay Up
Back in January, Republican Tom Reed, the Ithaca area’s House Rep., proposed to Congress the Defense of Property Rights Act in response to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s state-wide fracking ban. According to Reed’s website, the legislation “would defend private property rights by providing an option for compensation on behalf of those unfairly harmed by government action. It...
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NY23 Debate: Rep. Tom Reed (R) vs. Martha Robertson (D) ‘75
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...
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Martha Robertson ’75 Loses National Democrat Funding–Cornell Daily Sun in Panic Mode?
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...
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NY23 Dem Candidate Martha Robertson Grants Cornell Daily Sun Exclusive Media Access Based on Political Connections
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...
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NY23 Democrat Candidate Martha Robertson Sticks to Party Line at Campus Talk
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...