NY Minute: Attorney General candidates focus on Upstate

Also: Espada spent $17,000 on produce; Paladino the insider runs as an outsider.

Marcus Yam / The Associated PressDemocratic hopeful Sean Coffey (right) makes a point during a televised debate in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Eric Schneiderman (left), Richard Brodsky (second left), Kathleen Rice (center), Eric Dinallo (second right) and Sean Coffee are all seeking the Democratic nomination for New York Attorney General.

From the Albany Times Union:

With the campaign in its final week, blitzes in broadcast advertising and direct mail will target core voters. But turnout operations are key, and with the traditional voter-rich Manhattan base carved so much it's minced, the candidates are shifting their focus north.


Take Buffalo, for example: Several local primaries for the Assembly and Senate will drive Democrats to the polls, Erie County Democratic Chairman Len Lenihan said, and the attorney general wannabes are hoping votes can trickle up.

"If you can win Erie County in the primary ... you're saddled up pretty good for the fall," he said. "I think Buffalo's a key battleground, no doubt about it."

» Sen. Pedro Espada's campaign finance reports show he spent $17,000 on produce [New York Post]

» Carl Paladino, the quintessential capital insider, runs against the establishment [The New York Times]

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