Camille O’Brien Runs in Republican Primary for NYS 100th Assembly District

Published on June 12, 2024

Camille O’Brien, a staffer for New York state Sen. Peter Oberacker, said she is running for Assembly to tilt Big Apple-driven state policies toward needs in the upstate region. Ms. O’Brien faces Lou Ingrassia in the June 25 Republican primary for the 100th Assembly District, which covers Sullivan County, the city of Middletown, and the town of Wallkill. Longtime Democrat incumbent Aileen Gunther decided not to seek reelection. “Having worked for a Democrat early on, I made the conscious decision to come across because the policies that were passed were not working for our community,” Ms. O’Brien, who grew up in Orange County and recently moved up to Sullivan, told The Epoch Times....

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