Teachout Campaign Raising Money for Election Lawyers

In an email blast today, upstart progressive Democrat Zephyr Teachout, who, as of July 8, had reportedly collected about 45,000 signatures in her bid to get on the ballot for the Democratic Primary this fall, called on her campaign supporters to help raise $20,000 for lawyers to defend her petitions.



In the "blood sport" of politics, said Teachout, Andrew Cuomo's $33 million warchest allows