Nassau County's Joseph Hand, who got 42 percent of the vote for state Senate in the 7th district against Republican incumbent Michael Balboni in 2006, now is looking to run a primary against the Democratic incumbent who replaced Balboni, Craig Johnson (left).
Hand has been away and unavailable for comment, but we hope to talk with him when he returns. Senate Democratic operatives supporting Johnson say they are not worried given the difficulty of petitioning onto the primary ballot without party organization backing.
Here is one of the palm cards for Hand that has been making the rounds.