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Cermak: Support for Hull in Schenectady mayor's race
Top Republican decides against mayoral run, eyes county post
Updated:11:20 a.m., Monday, February 14, 2011

SCHENECTADY -- Republican Peter Guidarelli is expected to announce Tuesday that he will forego a run for mayor in favor of supporting Alliance Party candidate Roger Hull in the November election, Times Union columnist Marv Cermak will report in his column.

According to Republican insiders, Guidarelli also will announce he will run for a seat on the Schenectady County Legislature in the fall.....................>>>>..........................>>>>.................Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/loca.....26.php#ixzz1Dx6zVjeb

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McCarthy has a very good chance of knocking Hull out of the box.  The only think Hull has got going for him is name recognition.  One would have to review what his stance was re: town-gown issues when he was driving the boat.

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He was part of the problem on the Metrograft bored, on the County IDA, SACC-TV President who destroyed community tv.

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SCHENECTADY
Republican Guidarelli decides he will not run for mayor
BY KATHLEEN MOORE Gazette Reporter

    Schenectady now has only one man in the running for the mayoral race.
    On Monday, Republican Peter Guidarelli announced that he would not run for mayor, disappointing local party members who thought he would be the front-runner if he ran.
    He isn’t the first potential frontrunner to leave. Democratic Mayor Brian U. Stratton bowed out last week when he announced he would leave his office in March to take a state job. He will become the director of the state Canal Corporation. That leaves only Alliance Party founder Roger Hull, who began his campaign for mayor in December.
    Hull said then that he had to start early to beat the Democratic machine. Now, he’s still waiting for an opponent.
    Guidarelli said he could not run for mayor because he will be running a capital campaign for ARC this year. He’s a consultant for several companies and agencies in the region, including the Warren and Washington counties chapter of the state ARC.
    “It would not be fair to my commitment there to enter the mayor’s race, as well as other professional commitments I have,” Guidarelli said.
    Last week, he had said he could not yet commit because he was waiting to hear about a business deal that would force him to stay out of the race.
    Now, Republicans must fi nd a new candidate — and some of them are talking about Hull.
    County Republican Committee Chairman Thomas Buchanan said Hull would be a wise choice. The party could endorse him even though he’s not a registered Republican. “He’s qualified to be mayor, he’s got the right message, and he can win,” Buchanan said. But, he predicted, Hull needs the Republicans. “The reality is, Roger Hull can’t win without the Republican Party. He just can’t do it,” Buchanan said. Hull has said he’s willing to accept any endorsements. Buchanan can’t issue the endorsements, though. That’s a matter for the city Republican committee to decide. “My advice to them would be to seriously look at it, and not reject it out of hand,” Buchanan said. City committee Chairwoman Darlene Lee wasn’t too eager. ...............................>>>>....................>>>>....................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01104&AppName=1