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NEW YORK SHOULD ELECT WOFFORD TO TACKLE CORRUPTION

October 29, 2018

New York Post New York needs an attorney general who is focused on New York — and especially on the state’s massive corruption. For that reason, The Post endorses Keith Wofford for the job. The Harvard-educated lawyer warns, “The cost of corruption is killing us by undercutting the confidence of taxpayers and businesses. It’s driving out jobs and business.” […]

GAZETTE ENDORSEMENT: WOFFORD WILL BE A FORCE AS AG

October 27, 2018

The Daily Gazette Keith Wofford isn’t waiting around for the governor and the Legislature to pass anti-corruption legislation. He’s not waiting for the U.S. Attorney’s Office to build a case. He’s not going to wait for someone else to do it for him. He understands that corruption in government doesn’t just hurt our state’s reputation. […]

EDITORIAL: WOFFORD FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL

October 27, 2018

The Buffalo News The race for New York attorney general is between a Buffalo-born attorney who works for a white-shoe law firm in Manhattan, Keith Wofford, and the New York City public advocate, Letitia “Tish” James. James, a Democrat, talks about using the office to take on the Trump administration. Wofford, the Republican, bases his […]

KEITH WOFFORD RELEASES FIVE-YEAR SUMMARY OF FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAXES

October 26, 2018

NEW YORK, NY – Keith Wofford, candidate for Attorney General, released a five-year summary of his federal and state income taxes today. Wofford, who grew up on the East Side of Buffalo and attended Harvard College on scholarship, paid over $2,412,132 in federal and state income tax for 2017, which is approximately 55% of income earned. […]

WOFFORD SAYS SENATE MUST TAKE KAVANAUGH ALLEGATIONS SERIOUSLY

September 28, 2018

NY State of Politics If Republican state AG candidate Keith Wofford wins in November, he is aware that he would likely deal with cases that ultimately go before the U.S. Supreme Court, which may or may not at this point include a new justice: Brett Kavanaugh. Traveling the western part of the state this week, […]

REPUBLICAN AG CANDIDATE KEITH WOFFORD ON POLITICS AND A HISTORIC ELECTION

September 28, 2018

Rochester Democrat & Chronicle He has called himself an outsider, the taxpayer’s watchdog and has promised to clean up Albany corruption. On Friday, Republican Attorney General candidate Keith Wofford visited Rochester and sat down for a 30-minute interview about his campaign. The Buffalo native is a Harvard-educated lawyer and co-managing partner with the international law firm Ropes & […]

KEITH WOFFORD, CANDIDATE FOR NY ATTORNEY GENERAL, SPEAKS WITH NEWS 8

September 28, 2018

Rochester First ROCHESTER, NY (WROC) – One of the big elections this November is for the New York Attorney General. Friday, we spoke with Buffalo native and Republican candidate Keith Wofford. He addressed his top priorities: “We have to make sure voters know they have a choice between a candidate who is another career politician […]

WOFFORD CALLS FOR STATE INVESTIGATION OVER CITY’S TAKING OF PROPERTIES

September 28, 2018

Kings County Politics Keith Wofford, the Republican candidate for state Attorney General and opponent to Democratic candidate Letitia James for the seat, yesterday called for a state investigation of the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and its Third-Party Transfer (TPT) program. Wofford’s call comes in light of Kings County Politics continuing investigative series surrounding how two elderly […]

5 QUESTIONS WITH NY AG CANDIDATE KEITH WOFFORD

September 24, 2018

The Leader Keith Wofford is a 49-year-old attorney based in New York City. A native of Buffalo, Wofford is a co-managing partner of the Ropes & Gray law firm office in New York City, which retains nearly 300 attorneys. Wofford is the Republican nominee for New York Attorney General and has campaigned on the premise […]

MEETING THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL

September 21, 2018

News 10 ABC ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Leticia James won the Democratic Attorney General primary in a tight race and will now face Keith Wofford, the Republican’s pick for attorney general. “What really matters to New Yorkers is getting our own house in order. That will be my first priority,” Wofford said. The Buffalo native, […]