Republicans Reps. Mark Kirk, Jim Gerlach and Mike Castle are either in or considering statewide bids. (voices.washingtonpost.com)
Williams, a Brooklyn councilman, is making his first statewide bid. (nystateofpolitics.com)
GOP / Conservative gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino invested an additional $ 1.1 million of his own cash to his campaign kitty yesterday, quelling speculation that he had perhaps lost interest and / or heart in seeing his quixotic statewide bid through to the bitter end. (nystateofpolitics.com)