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Early voting starts Saturday at 2 Cattaraugus County sites

Olean Times Herald staff

Oct 23, 2024

With the U.S. presidential race as well as state- and county-level races on the ballot, early voting gets underway Saturday at Cattaraugus County’s tw...

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Walz and Vance go in depth on policy while attacking each other’s running mates in VP debate

MICHELLE L. PRICE, CHRIS MEGERIAN and JILL COLVIN Associated Press

Oct 02, 2024

NEW YORK — Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each other’s running mates in a vice presidential debate that opened with a discussion of burge...

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Party chairs in Cattaraugus, Allegany counties discuss seismic changes

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Jul 23, 2024

In a little more than a week, American politics have been rocked by seismic events — from the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump...

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NY governor faces fallout of running mate resignation

MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press

May 02, 2022

ALBANY — When New York Gov. Kathy Hochul took office last year after her predecessor resigned in a sexual harassment scandal, one of her first big dec...

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Citing diversity, Mitrano praises Biden’s choice of Harris for running mate

RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald

Aug 14, 2020

Democratic 23rd Congressional District candidate Tracy Mitrano praised Joe Biden’s selection of Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running ma...

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Harris is now the Democratic mainstream

JONATHAN BERNSTEIN Bloomberg Opinion

Aug 13, 2020

On the one hand, Joe Biden — who is running as the candidate who promises to make the presidency boring again — made the most obvious — that is, borin...

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How Biden chose Harris: Inside his search for a running mate

JULIE PACE, DAVID EGGERT and KATHLEEN RONAYNE, Associated Press

Aug 12, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gretchen Whitmer wanted out. The Michigan governor had caught the interest of Joe Biden and his vice presidential vetting committee,...

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Stop worrying about Biden’s VP choice

DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service

Jul 13, 2020

WASHINGTON — For weeks, the closest thing to drama on the Democratic side of the presidential campaign has been the Veepstakes: the mysterious process...

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Biden should pick Harris if he wants to win

NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to Olean Times Herald

May 19, 2020

There is a persistent myth in American politics that a superb running mate can push a presidential candidate over the top, either in terms of the popu...