Pro-Fracking Candidates Fared Better in the Election

  |  November 9, 2012

So says the AP, which reports that “In the 22nd Congressional District, Republican Richard Hanna, an incumbent whose district was redrawn, beat Dan Lamb, a first-time candidate who was endorsed by New York Residents Against Drilling. In another redrawn district, the 23rd, Democratic challenger Nate Shinagawa lost by about 10,000 votes to incumbent Tom Reed. Shinagawa was also endorsed by opponents of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for natural gas.” And they weren’t the only ones — pro-fracking candidates fared well throughout the southern tier.

That hasn’t stopped plenty of towns from adopting fracking bans, so it remains to be seen how the newly elected and the townsfolk will get along.

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