Christopher Wight spoke with Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney this morning to congratulate her and officially concede the election for U.S. House in New York’s 12th Congressional District.  The latest returns show that Wight received 19% of the vote. Today Wight issued the following statement to his supporters: “I’d like to extend my most heartfelt gratitude to all of you who gave…

Christopher Wight’s campaign today issued the below press release regarding Our Town newspaper’s endorsement process in order to bring transparency to this publication’s practices: Newspaper’s sales staff talks of Maloney’s ad buys while coordinating endorsement interview and pushing ad sales Kate Walsh of the New York Press (Our Town newspaper) sales department recently informed Christopher Wight’s campaign that Carolyn Maloney…

A poll released today by Christopher Wight’s campaign for Congress in New York’s 12th district shows Wight leading Democrat incumbent Carolyn Maloney by more than 3 to 1 among unaffiliated and Independence party voters. Combined, unaffiliated voters (not registered with a party) and Independence party members, make up the second largest voting bloc in the 12th Congressional District. According to a…

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Christopher Wight, the Republican candidate for New York’s 12th Congressional District for the U.S. House of Representatives, released the following statement condemning the actions of his former campaign manager, Shashank Tripathi: “Yesterday was a very tough day for me and for my campaign staff — just as it was for many New Yorkers. Not only are we reeling from the…