Orange County, NY – Only six weeks into his third term as Orange County executive, Ed Diana is being talked about as a potential candidate for the U.S. Senate seat that Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed to fill just over a year ago.
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He brushed aside that chatter as “a rumor at this point” when reached by phone on Monday. But the Republican chairmen of Westchester and Rockland counties both said that Diana, a Republican, is thinking about challenging the Democratic incumbent.
“I understand that he is,” said Rockland County Republican Chairman Vincent Reda, who is also first vice chairman of the state Republican Committee. “He’d be a great candidate. I think Eddie Diana would be on anybody’s short list.”