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By Melanie Hicken
Posted: 9/7/06, 12:13 AM EST Section: News
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The congressional primary for the 25th District will take place next Tuesday, Sept. 12. Maffei is running unopposed on the Democratic ticket after Paloma Capanna dropped out of the race in July so as to prevent a primary election. Maffei, however, is also running on the Working Families Party line against Rosetti.
If Rosetti defeats Maffei in the Working Families Party primary, she will run in November's final election.
Rosetti said that she has felt unrecognized in the race, that often people won't identify her as a candidate, despite the fact that she is on the ballot.
Rosetti is also at a financial disadvantage. Walsh raised about $690,305 for the 2006 campaign, and Maffei raised about $331,732, according to opensecrets.org.
Rosetti, on the other hand, is running her campaign almost entirely on her own with few volunteers and virtually no money other than her own, said Michael Smith, a friend and volunteer in her campaign.
"We are basically running a shoestring campaign," Smith said.
Rosetti said despite her disadvantages she believes she is a viable candidate.
Rosetti, an educator and author of the "New Spiritual Bible" in 2005, said one of the most important ideas of her platform is promoting the brotherhood of man.
"It may sound like a very fluffy idea, but any politician or political leader makes their judgment calls on principles that they hold," she said.
She said the current presidential administration operates off the belief that man is basically evil, and she believes this must change. She said she would work off of the assumption that most people are good. She said she wants to promote more love in politics.
Smith said that Rosetti operates from a strong set of moral values.
"There aren't enough people in politics who come from a perspective of general concern for humanity," Smith said.
Rosetti said that she strongly holds that she is the best candidate to support working family values.
Maffei, however, is also running on the Working Families Party line and is endorsed by the party, said Mike Whyland, a Maffei spokesman.
"The Working Families establishment is emphatically behind Dan Maffei," said Sam Eschenbrenner, a Syracuse University senior and student intern for the Maffei campaign.
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