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Westchester Democrats: We need solid communicator to beat Astorino

Originally published: February 10, 2013 6:29 PM
Updated: February 10, 2013 6:55 PM
By JOHN DYER  john.dyer@cablevision.com

From left, state Sens. George Latimer, Ruth Hassell-Thompson,

Photo credit: Lili Holzer-Glier | From left, state Sens. George Latimer, Ruth Hassell-Thompson, David Carlucci and Andrea Stewart-Cousins are among the Westchester County Democrats who met at the VIP Club in New Rochelle to celebrate 2012's victories and to plan 2013 campaigns for county executive and the county Legislature. (Feb. 10, 2013)

Westchester County Democrats believe they must nominate a master communicator for county executive if they want to oust Republican incumbent Rob Astorino from office in the fall.

At a breakfast gathering of some 500 Democrats at the VIP Club in New Rochelle on Sunday, party leaders and officials consistently said voters weren't sufficiently aware of how Astorino's far-right policies were eviscerating...

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