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Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco, R-Schenectady, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. The Republican minority in the Assembly is pushing for a special election to fill the expected vacancy in the U.S. Senate instead of allowing Democratic Gov. David Paterson to make an appointment through a secretive process.