Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, was quoted in a New York Times article titled "A House Seat Won by Republicans Since 1950 Is Now in Play" (April 2, 2006). Commenting on the race to succeed retiring incumbent Sherwood Boehlert, Klinkner remarked about the district, stating that, "It's not a heavily partisan district one way or another." He continued, "Boehlert is a Republican, but a very moderate one… This is certainly a district that may be willing to vote for a Democrat, under the right circumstances."
Klinkner's observation that the district's voters might be willing to vote for a Democrat, was also covered in the National Journal's House Race Hotline, April 3, 2006 article"Who Will Take Boehlert's Moderate Torch?"
