Keeping the Independent Democratic Conference Alive

After the last week’s primary, the vocal speaker of the Independent Democratic Conference Jeff Klein defeated the experienced Oliver Koppell by a 34-point margin, getting about 66 percent of the vote. Klein explains how important the Independent Democratic Conference is for the democrats as they “hold true democratic values, but at the same time make the government function better.” It seemed as if the race for senate in the 34^th district was going to be tight as Koppell launched a campaign contending that Mr. Klein’s power-sharing agreement with Senate Republicans marked a betrayal of the Democratic Party. But it came to no avail as Koppell only managed to harbor 33.2 percent of the vote.

(State Senator Jeff Klein giving victory speech last Tuesday night)

It was not all fun and games at the campaign office of Jeff Klein’s last week. Apparently, a couple of people broke into Jeff Klein’s office last week and stole his campaign phone. The “thieves” who stole his phone has been making calls to people all along the east coast aggravating callers who have no idea who Jeff Klein is. One person from Massachusetts said, 'I don't know who Jeff Klein is, but could you stop calling here?'".  Klein campaign counsel, Stanley Schlein is calling the robbery an “act of voter suppression” and he stated that they have informed the New York State Attorney General and the United States Department of Justice.