Sorry to pile on Sen. Bill Stachowski today, but more and more traditional Democratic allies are turning on the Buffalo lawmaker by the moment, it seems.

On the heels of the New York League of Conservation Voters’ launch of its “Sack Stach” campaign, in which it put the senator atop its list of people to beat in the upcoming primary, the organization’s national arm – the Legaue of Conservation Voters – has included Stachowski in its first-ever “Dirty Dozen” program.

“From Congress to the state house there has never been a more urgent time to defeat politicians who stand with corporate polluters and block progress on sound environmental policies,” said LCV President Gene Karpinski.

“With the U.S. Senate’s recent failure to act on comprehensive energy and climate legislation, we need strong environmental leaders at the state level to move the ball forward on new energy policies that will put America on the path to a clean energy future.”

The LCV solicited input from its state partners to choose from among hundreds of candidates running for governor and/or state legislative offices.

The chosen candidates “represent some of the most anti-environment politicians running for public office this year,” and, aside from Stachowski, include:

Arizona – Al Melvin, State Senate District 26
Florida – Dean Cannon, State House District 35
Massachusetts – Timothy Cahill, Governor
Michigan – John Pappageorge, State Senate District 13
Minnesota –Tom Emmer, Governor
Montana – Roy Brown, State Senate District 25
Nevada – Don Gustavson, Washoe State Senate District 2
North Carolina – Mark Crawford, State House District 115
Oregon – Frank Morse, State Senate District 8
Pennsylvania – John Perzel, State House District 172
Texas – Rick Perry, Governor

The LCV has a similiar federal-level program in which it has targeted members of Congress who vote against clean energy and conservation and represent districts where the organization has a “serious chance” of affect the outcome of a race. Since 1996, more than 60 percent of the Dirty Dozen have been defeated.

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