Times Union, Albany, N.Y., Inside Politics column.(Column)

Byline: Jordan Carleo-Evangelist

Sept. 02--The scorecard in Albany's most-watched primary this fall just got a little less messy. Janis Gonzalez, one of three Democrats vying for the County Legislature seat in the new 6th Legislative District, told Insider this week she is dropping out of the race because she has moved out of the district and would be ineligible to serve. Gonzalez said she and her husband, Carlos, decided to downsize their home after one daughter left for college and have moved closer to the South End and their jobs. Her somewhat last-minute departure from the race comes less than two weeks after a federal judge declined to halt the Sept. 13 primaries countywide over a voting rights lawsuit challenging the county's new legislative district lines -- a lawsuit in which Gonzalez …