Higgins fundraiser the social start to Campaign 2011

With a crowd of over 100 in attendance, County Legislator Christopher T. Higgins hosted his re-election kickoff fundraiser at the Center Square Pub last night in what should be an ambitious drive for another four years.

Higgins, 31 – who was elected in 2007 first in a primary race that could have been titled, “the Battle of the Christopher T’s” against Chris Burke and in the general election that included realtor R.A. DePrima as well – was joined by electeds that ranged from U.S. Representative Paul D. Tonko (D-N.Y.), City Treasurer Katherine M. Sheehan, Common Council President Pro Tempore Richard Conti, Council Members Leah Golby and Anton Konev, as well as District Attorney P. David Soares. Additionally, both candidates for Albany City Court Judge, Sherri Brooks and Helena Heath-Roland, were also in attendance as well as 2009 and expected 2013 mayoral candidate Corey Ellis.

(disclosure: Higgins’s campaign site is managed by Sunbear Design & Media, a unit of BASKnickerbocker Inc., the parent company of BAS News).

More significantly, Higgins’s fundraiser was the real summer social start to Campaign 2011. Last week, County Legislature Chairman Daniel P. McCoy announced his candidacy last Thursday during the day – in which the event had a more family-friendly appeal. Both McCoy and Albany Mayor Gerald D. Jennings were not in attendance last night.

The fundraiser was also significant in the fact that it comes two days after the Albany County Redistricting Commission held its most recent hearing, which affects a number of candidates as well as current office holders for this year.

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