State Sen. Jim Wright from Oswego County, a member of the thin GOP Senate majority that makes Joe Bruno a player in Albany, is poised to announce his departure from the Senate, according to this report in the Daily Politics.
Maybe Gov. Spitzer and the Democrats shouldn't get their hopes up too much. The district is heavily Republican, and it would be an uphill climb for any D to take the seat.
Update: Newsday Albany Bureau Chief James Madore points out that while Sen. Wright is from a district that includes Oswego County, Wright is actually from -- as in, lives in -- Watertown, in Jefferson County.