Ranking Signals Sweeney's Incumbency in Danger

Hudson NY - The non-partisan publication, Congressional Quarterly, dealt the Sweeney campaign a striking blow late yesterday afternoon when they re-rated New York's 20th district as "No Clear Favorite." The race was previously ranked as "Lean Republican."

According to CQ, "The contest is front and center for the national Democratic Party, which sees the upstate 20th as an only mildly Republican-leaning district - President Bush took a modest 53 percent there in 2004 - that is ripe for a partisan takeover.