Singer believes he's ‘still the one' to challenge Rep. Sue Kelly

Dover Plains - A year after tangling with the Bush campaign over the use of a pop tune he penned in the 1970’s, Democrat John Hall now wants to take on Rep. Sue Kelly. Hall, a former Dutchess County legislator who lives in Dover Plains, announced Tuesday he is running for Congress. A co-founder of the band Orleans, Hall criticized the Bush re-election effort last year for using “Still the One,” a song he co-wrote, at campaign rallies. The campaign insisted it had legal right to use the song, but stopped playing it after Hall complained. Kelly, a Republican, has won re-election six times. In 2004, she was elected with a comfortable 67 percent of votes cast in the district, which includes all of Putnam County and parts of Orange, Dutchess, Westchester, and Rockland counties. Hall is not the only Democrat seeking to unseat Kelly. Lawyer Judy Aydelott has raised more than $100,000 for her effort. Kelly also faces a potential primary challenger in Jeff Cook, a resident of Monroe who worked with the Log Cabin Republicans before deciding to challenge Kelly.