WICZ If elected, Keith Wofford – the Republican candidate for New York State Attorney General – promised he would launch an investigation into systemic state and local political corruption immediately after being sworn into office. The Buffalo native campaigned in Binghamton Friday. Wofford is challenging Democrat and NYC public advocate Letitia James, who won a […]
Gotham Gazette A native of Buffalo with a working-class background, Wofford is a Harvard-educated attorney and co-managing partner at Ropes & Gray, an international white-shoe law firm based in New York City. He previously worked as a senior securitization analyst at Moody’s Corporation. Wofford became the first African-American Republican nominee for attorney general at the […]
New York Post New York’s major parties have done something new this year: Each has nominated an African-American for attorney general. That not only guarantees the winner will become New York’s first black AG, it also makes this the first ever black-vs.-black statewide campaign here. Carl McCall was the first black statewide nominee when he won […]
NY State of Politics Republican attorney general candidate Keith Wofford on Friday released his first TV ad as the focus in the race turns to the general election. Wofford, an attorney originally from Buffalo, stands in his old neighborhood and speaks directly on camera. “You know, being in this neighborhood really reminds me why I […]
New York Daily News ALBANY – Hours before the polls closed Thursday night for the Democratic state attorney general primary, Republican candidate Keith Wofford kicked off a hefty $3.25 million statewide television ad campaign. The ad, which his campaign says will run for several weeks on broadcast and cable TV, is designed to introduce the […]
WAMC Northeast Public Radio The four-way primary among Democrats running to succeed Eric Schneiderman and Barbara Underwood as attorney general has been getting a lot of attention on this primary day. The winner will face a general election matchup with Keith Wofford, as well as Green Party hopeful Michael Sussman. Originally from Buffalo, Wofford has […]
The Examiner News With a crowded Democratic primary for New York State Attorney General set for this week, the established GOP nominee for the top statewide law enforcement office took a trip to Brewster vowing to keep health insurance companies honest. Manhattan-based attorney Keith Wofford is running for public office for the first time in […]
The Sun Community News & Printing Keith Wofford, Republican and Conservative Party candidate for attorney general, touched down in Plattsburgh on Friday. He isn’t concerned that all of the oxygen may be sucked out of the general election contest as four Democratic candidates head towards the conclusion of their hard-fought primary contest on Sept. 13. […]
Watertown Daily Times WATERTOWN — Keith H. Wofford, the Republican candidate for state attorney general, stopped in Watertown on Friday as he runs on a platform to make the state friendlier to business and less friendly to corruption. “We have to have a change in the office,” Mr. Wofford said during an interview at the […]
The Buffalo News New York’s next attorney general could determine whether six Catholic dioceses and one archdiocese in this state face a sweeping investigation into clergy sexual abuse similar to one that exposed a massive cover-up of abuses in Pennsylvania. Five candidates are vying to be elected in November to the state’s highest-ranking law enforcement […]
