Which party did both David Soares and Paul Clyne belong to when they first ran against each other in September 2004?
Paul Clyne Paul Clyne was the District Attorney of Albany County, New York from January 2001 through December 2004. A graduate of Albany Law School, he spent about 14 years as an assistant district attorney, before he was tapped by local politicians to replace the retiring District Attorney, Sol Greenberg. He was defeated for re-election by David Soares, first in the Democratic Party primary election in September 2004, and then in the general election in November 2004, in which he ran on an independent line. After a stint teaching at the New York Prosecutors Institute, he went into private practice as a criminal defense attorney in 2007, with an office in Albany, New York.
William E. Morris (politician) William E. "Bill" Morris (July 28, 1920 - June 25, 2013 ) founded the Libertarian Party of Delaware in 1975 and the advocacy group Seniors Against Federal Extravagance as an alternative to the AARP in 1997. In 2004, Morris first ran for political office as the Delaware Libertarian candidate for a United States House of Representatives seat. Morris finished fourth behind the two other candidates on the ballot and Write-in candidate Maurice J. Barros with 2,014 votes (0.5%) . In 2006, Morris was the Libertarian candidate for United States Senate. Morris received 2,671 votes for 1.1% of the vote.