On Wednesday, county chairs selected former State Police Commander Brent Davison as their nominee for the 115th Assembly District’s special election scheduled for Nov. 4. Davison will face Plattsburgh Town Supervisor Michael Cashman, the Democratic nominee, in the race to replace former Assembly Member Billy Jones, a Democrat who left the state Legislature earlier this year to take a position at Clinton Community College.

Davison’s pick came after an awkward dispute between Clinton County GOP Chair Jerika Manning and Rep. Elise Stefanik over their preferred nominees, with Manning preferring Davison to Stefanik’s choice of Malone Mayor Andrea Dumas. Things have settled significantly since then, and Davison told reporters that he isn’t worried about a lack of buy-in from Stefanik’s camp as

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