Behind The Nominations Part 2
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Anyone can run for public office, but knowing how to go about doing so takes some research. In this second part of a two-part series, HMM correspondent Corinne Carey spoke with Andrea Smyth, an East Greenbush Democratic Committee member about becoming a Democratic Committee member, what it means to run against someone in a party primary election, and how representation is playing out in several local races.