Albany, NY – Phil Steck, Democratic congressional candidate for New York’s 21st Congressional District announced today that he is very pleased with the grassroots support he has received from elected officials and community leaders in the City of Albany.
Steck has been endorsed by 40 local elected officials from throughout the 21st Congressional District, including by Albany City Council Members Dominick Calsolaro (1st Ward), Majority Leader Carolyn McLaughlin (2nd Ward), Jon Rosenzweig (8th Ward), Jim Sano (9th Ward), as well as Albany County Legislators Lucille McKnight (District 2), Wanda Willingham (District 3), Norma Chapman (District 5), Doug Bullock (District 8), Dan McCoy (District 10), and William Clay (District 13).
In Albany County, which represents over 55% of the electorate, Steck has dozens of key endorsements in Albany, Colonie, Cohoes, Bethlehem, Watervliet, Guilderland, Menands, New Scotland and Coeymans.
“I am very grateful to have the support of a diverse group of legislators representing the city of Albany,” said Steck. “I have always been a community-based person and I would bring that same approach to Washington as Congressman.”
In 1999, Steck was elected to the Albany County Legislature from a District that had never before elected a Democrat, and at the time he was the only Democrat elected from his town, Colonie, a town of over 80,000 people. As Democratic Chairman in Colonie, Steck played a key role in helping elect the first Democratic government since the Town was founded 112 years ago.
