Assemblyman Robert Smullen, R-Meco, is running for Congress in New York’s 21st Congressional District. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Smullen is now the first official GOP candidate seeking the nomination for NY-21; other potential candidates have either declined to run entirely, or backed out after starting the ‘listening process’ that many undergo before declaring a formal campaign, saying he was considering a run as it appeared more and more likely that incumbent Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, was going to run for governor of New York.