From The Washington Post's "The Fix" Blog
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is an excerpt from The Washington Post's "The Fix" Blog by Chris Cillizza, and is being released today by the Republican National Committee:
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"The Republican National Committee is going up on television with ads in support of New York state Assemblyman Jim Tedisco in his special election bid in the state's 20th district, an early sign that newly elected chairman Michael Steele plans to wade into downballot races to reassert the party's competitiveness across the country and in the northeast in particular.
"The ad, which was produced by Tedisco's campaign but funded -- to the tune of roughly $80,000 -- by the RNC, will be on Albany broadcast television, which reaches 80 percent of the district's voters, starting this evening.
"'The Republican Party will no longer ignore the Northeast,'" pledged Steele. 'Our conservative principles are applicable to every county and corner of this country.'
"Steele has fertile ground in which to work in this his first special election race since winning the RNC chairmanship last month.
"The 20th district has roughly 70,000 more registered Republican than Democrats although it had been represented by Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) before she was named by Gov. David Paterson as Hillary Clinton's replacement in the Senate. While President Obama carried the district by three points in 2008, it went for George W. Bush by eight and seven points in 2004 and 2000, respectively."
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