GOP Congressman Tom Reed saw his Upstate district get more Democratic under the court-drawn Congressional map, going from one John McCain narrowly won in the 2008 presidential election to one Barack Obama did. And, unsurprisingly, challengers are emerging with campaigns to challenge him this November.

Dan Lamb, an aide to retiring Congressman Maurice Hinchey, and attorney Leslie Danks Burke, who doubles as the Chair of the Ithaca Democratic Party, were both planning to run for Mr. Hinchey’s seat, but it was divided up between up between neighboring districts in the new Congressional plan, with their Tompkins County home being moved to Mr. Reed’s seat.

A third candidate from the same county, Tompkins County Legislature Vice-Chair Nate Shinagawa, also recently announced his intentions. Read More