Western New York Congressman Chris Collins pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new charges stemming from his arrest for alleged insider trading. The new indictment keeps five of the original eight securities fraud charges against the Erie County Republican. It also drops two of the original eight charges filed against his son, Cameron. Collins entered […]
Nearly three weeks after election day, Democrat Nate McMurray has conceded the 27th Congressional District race to Republican Chris Collins. Collins won by about 1,300 votes after last week’s count of the absentee ballots. McMurray says he finally decided to concede this morning despite what he called “many people” urging him to keep fighting. […]
It appears Republican Chris Collins has won the 27th District Congressional race in Western New York. Thousands of absentee ballots were counted Tuesday by Erie County elections officials. Democrat Nate McMurray cut the incumbent’s lead down to about 1,300 votes…but Republican Erie County Elections Commissioner Ralph Mohr says a McMurray win is now mathematically impossible. […]