26th Congressional District

NY-26: GOP Candidate Hacked Into Company Computers To Change Customers' Credit Scores — Seems that in his first job out of college, his bold brave step into adulthood, Republican Congressional Candidate Chris Lee (in New York's 26th Congressional District), broke the law and endangered his company to line his own pockets and help out is cronies. Typical Republican. Lee was a young salesman with Ingram Micro, a computer products distributor that in 1989 was known as Ingram Micro D and operated from offices on Elmwood Avenue. Lee, according to his co-workers at the time, somehow obtained a company credit manager’s password. Then, with that password, he raised the credit limits for some of... [Tags: 26th congressional district, adulthood, billing system, blatant disregard, brave step]

Jonathan Powers: Thoughts on Tomorrow's Primary in New York — For more than a year, I have had the opportunity to meet thousands of Western New Yorkers who represent the best of our community as I have campaigned for the 26th Congressional district. This campaign has been invigorating, encouraging, at times ugly, but always worthwhile. It has always been a great honor to listen to so many hard-working and dedicated Western New Yorkers as they tell me their stories. Running for Congress is never something I expected to do, but when I returned to Western New York after serving nearly 15 months in Iraq, I was disheartened and frustrated. I... [Tags: 15 months, 26th congressional district, body armor, congress, congressman]

Orange to Blue: Jon Powers — Daily Kos is pleased to announce that Jon Powers, Democratic candidate for New York's 26th Congressional District, is our newest addition to the Orange to Blue slate. It's my happy duty to explain why. Growing up in Western New York in the early '80s was not necessarily a recipe for an optimistic adulthood. Kids raised in Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Falls, and the surrounding communities during those years were bombarded from an early age with seemingly endless news of job loss, factory relocations, urban decay, and the imminent demise of their hometowns. Just days after Christmas 1982, when Jon Powers was... [Tags: 26th congressional district, bethlehem steel, blue slate, body armor, bush cronies]