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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue Apr 15, 2014, 01:41 PM Apr 2014

Oliver Koppell Sets New Easter Deadline for Bid Against Jeff Klein

Ross Barkan

Oliver Koppell is still not quite ready to decide whether he’ll challenge State Senator Jeff Klein, but he says he’ll know for sure after Easter Sunday.

Mr. Koppell, a former Bronx councilman, assemblyman and state attorney general, has been flirting with a bid against Mr. Klein, the influential co-majority leader of the State Senate, since last year.

Mr. Kopell has been meeting with unions, Senate Democrats and good government groups in the meantime to determine whether he’ll have enough support for a primary challenge, he told the Observer today.

Read more at http://observer.com/2014/04/oliver-koppell-sets-new-easter-deadline-for-bid-against-jeff-klein/#ixzz2yygzCiqf

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