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	<title>Politicker &#187; Staten Island Conservatives Back Michael Grimm This Time</title>
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		<title>Staten Island Conservatives Back Michael Grimm This Time</title>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:00:27 -0400</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_23444" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 136px"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/michael-grimm-fb.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-23444 " title="michael grimm fb" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/michael-grimm-fb.jpg" alt="" width="126" height="165" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Congressman Grimm (Photo: Facebook)</p></div></p>
<p>The Staten Island Conservative Party's executive committee <a href="http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/staten_island_congressional_ca_1.html" target="_blank">endorsed Democratic incumbent Rep. Michael McMahon in 2010</a>, but with a new chairman and a new Republican incumbent, that's not happening this time around.</p>
<p>Later this morning, Mr. Grimm will receive the endorsement of both the Brooklyn and Staten Island Conservative Parties, ensuring him a third ballot line <a href="http://www.politicker.com/2012/03/25/michael-grimm-scores-independence-party-nod/" target="_blank">along with the Independence Party</a>. In 2010, the Brooklyn Conservatives <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/knickerbocker/michael_grimm_gets_conservative_9up3wz18FEcQR9SyBbWjyK" target="_blank">were able to overrule</a> their Staten Island counterparts' attempt -- <a href="http://www.silive.com/eastshore/index.ssf/2010/10/bp_molinaro_to_endorse_rep_mic.html" target="_blank">spearheaded</a> by Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro -- to give their ballot line to the Democrat.</p>
<p><!--more-->“I was thrilled to have the support of the NYS Conservative Party in 2010, and I’m thrilled to have it again," Mr. Grimm said in a statement. "Throughout my first term in Congress, I have been working hard to do what’s best for the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn, without abandoning the core conservative values I hold dear."</p>
<p>"I am pleased to once again endorse his election to the U.S. House of Representatives," the State Conservative Party Chairman, Mike Long, added.</p>
<p>Mr. Grimm's Democratic opponent is Mark Murphy, <a href="http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/staten_island_congressional_ca_1.html" target="_blank">the son of former Rep. John Murphy</a> and a former aide to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_23444" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 136px"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/michael-grimm-fb.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-23444 " title="michael grimm fb" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/michael-grimm-fb.jpg" alt="" width="126" height="165" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Congressman Grimm (Photo: Facebook)</p></div></p>
<p>The Staten Island Conservative Party's executive committee <a href="http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/staten_island_congressional_ca_1.html" target="_blank">endorsed Democratic incumbent Rep. Michael McMahon in 2010</a>, but with a new chairman and a new Republican incumbent, that's not happening this time around.</p>
<p>Later this morning, Mr. Grimm will receive the endorsement of both the Brooklyn and Staten Island Conservative Parties, ensuring him a third ballot line <a href="http://www.politicker.com/2012/03/25/michael-grimm-scores-independence-party-nod/" target="_blank">along with the Independence Party</a>. In 2010, the Brooklyn Conservatives <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/knickerbocker/michael_grimm_gets_conservative_9up3wz18FEcQR9SyBbWjyK" target="_blank">were able to overrule</a> their Staten Island counterparts' attempt -- <a href="http://www.silive.com/eastshore/index.ssf/2010/10/bp_molinaro_to_endorse_rep_mic.html" target="_blank">spearheaded</a> by Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro -- to give their ballot line to the Democrat.</p>
<p><!--more-->“I was thrilled to have the support of the NYS Conservative Party in 2010, and I’m thrilled to have it again," Mr. Grimm said in a statement. "Throughout my first term in Congress, I have been working hard to do what’s best for the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn, without abandoning the core conservative values I hold dear."</p>
<p>"I am pleased to once again endorse his election to the U.S. House of Representatives," the State Conservative Party Chairman, Mike Long, added.</p>
<p>Mr. Grimm's Democratic opponent is Mark Murphy, <a href="http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/staten_island_congressional_ca_1.html" target="_blank">the son of former Rep. John Murphy</a> and a former aide to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.</p>
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