TIMES UNION: Former state Sen. Terry Gipson, a Democrat who served in the Senate with Latimer, wrote in to say that Latimer should definitely be considered.
“I served with George during my time in the state Senate and saw first-hand how he was universally respected by his colleagues in both the Assembly and Senate, as well as multiple county party leaders throughout the State,” Gipson wrote.
“George has more government experience than most the people on your list. His network of allies across the state is far more extensive that most the people on your list. And I’m pretty sure that he’s the only person on your list that has won multiple competitive races against the Republican money machine. This includes his back-to-back 2016 Senate reelection and the 2017 county executive race (where he beat former Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Rob Astorino by a large margin).”
Gipson, who has been encouraging Latimer to run for governor, noted Westchester County under Latimer passed several progressive measures before state government eventually acted on them, including “ban the box” legislation, earned sick leave, and a conversion therapy ban….