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Warren County District Attorney Kate Hogan got a mention in The New York Times this week as a potential candidate for state attorney general, but Hogan said Wednesday she has no plans to run for the position.

In an article in Tuesday’s Times that discussed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s decision not to run for governor, Hogan was one of three district attorneys who were being looked at as Republican candidates for attorney general, according to “Republican operatives.”

With Attorney General Andrew Cuomo widely rumored to be a candidate for governor, the race for attorney general could be wide open for both Republicans and Democrats.

Rumors have swirled locally for months that Hogan was a potential candidate for the state’s top prosecutor position.

The Post-Star has asked her about them several times, and she has repeatedly said she had no interest in the job and did not know how the rumors got started. She said she had not seen The New York Times story before a reporter brought it to her attention.

“Right now my focus is on serving as district attorney of Warren County and as president of the state DA’s association,” she said Wednesday. “I’m very happy serving as district attorney and look forward to a third term.”

Hogan won a third term in office in an unopposed election last month.

As president of the district attorney’s association, Hogan said she has had extensive contact with state government leaders in recent months, which she said might explain why some have been pushing her for possible statewide office.

Warren County Republican Committee Chairman Michael Grasso said earlier this year that Hogan has been approached by people within the GOP about a possible run, but that she had not expressed interest.

He called the rumors “persistent rumblings from some of her fans who would think that is a good idea.”

“Kate runs a lot by me and this hasn’t been one of them,” Grasso said in an October e-mail.

The Pollie Awards were presented by the AAPC at its annual conference on March 29th in Washington, D.C.

The American Association of Political Consultants, founded in 1969, is a bipartisan organization of Political professionals. Association membership consists of political consultants, media consultants, pollsters, campaign managers, corporate public affairs officers, professors, fund-raisers, lobbyists, congressional staffers and vendors and is open to everyone associated with politics from the local level to the White House.

McKim Strategies went from contact, to final design, and going live with the Tedisco for Congress site in less than 72 hours.  The site has verious New Media implementations, including Twitter Feeds, Facebook Sites, Email integration and SMS Text Messaging.  The site also allows supports to fill out a Letter to the Editor to send to their local newspaper.

On the Times Union Local Politics Blog, Jordan Carleo-Evangelist wrote:

“Apparently the Colonie Industrial Development Agency now has it’s own Web site.

That lack of its own Web site, in addition to a failure to submit certain reporting documents, was among the things cited by the state Authority Budget Office in a review earlier this year. That review, however, found that board was open and transparent but lacking administratively.

Back story here and here.”

McKim Strategies President Bryon McKim stated “I am so excited to be nominated for our first Pollie. This is a testament to the hard work, quality, and consistency that McKim Strategies imparts in every single project. Being nominated for such a distinguished award is a great honor. I am proud to be in the ranks of the leaders in the political consulting field.”

The Pollie Awards will be presented by the AAPC at its annual conference on March 16th in Santa Monica, California.

The American Association of Political Consultants, founded in 1969, is a bipartisan organization of political professionals. Association membership consists of political consultants, media consultants, pollsters, campaign managers, corporate public affairs officers, professors, fund-raisers, lobbyists, congressional staffers and vendors and is open to everyone associated with politics from the local level to the White House.

McKim Strategies was also influental across Saratoga County in its Get Out The Vote (GOTV) efforts, the largest and most successful to date, providing data management, and technology coordination for all of the County’s GOTV efforts.