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Results Too Close To Call In Symbolic Special Election
The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney —
RUSH VS OBAMA: DEAD HEAT In NY Race, Absentee Ballots Will Determine Winner *** ALSO NEW: MEDIA MATTERS UNHAPPY WITH RADIO EQ'S RECENT PRESS COVERAGE *** Considered by many analysts to be a referendum on Obama's presidency, a special election to fill a vacant upstate New York congressional seat has proven too close to call. Next, thousands of absentee ballots will be counted to determine whether Democrat Scott Murphy can hang ...
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... to solve the economic slump. The race to fill Kirsten Gillibrand's seat in New York's fighting 20th Congressional District is a statistical dead heat , and this is a place where Republicans outnumber Dems by something like ...
Dems 'Bullish' on N.Y. 20 Race; Not So Much on 2010
The Caucus —
... in New York provides both parties a bit of a drawing board to sketch out the impact of a new president’s policies. (Even in a region where party identity defies nationally accepted labels.) In the New York race between Mr. Murphy and Jim Tedisco, the Republican, Mr. Van Hollen said he based his optimism on analysis showing that the number of absentee ballots in the areas where Mr. Tedisco did well were proportionately less than those where Mr. Murphy did well. (The Albany Times-Union reported today that Mr. Murphy’s lead — some 64 votes — had dwindled to 25 votes once ballots ...
Muphy Now Leads By Just 25 Votes
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
The too-close-to-call special election in NY-20 just got considerably closer, the Albany Times Union reports.
Following a review of votes in Columbia County, Scott Murphy (D) still leads Jim Tedisco (R) -- but only by 25 votes, 77,217 to 77,192. That result peels off 127 votes for Murphy and 93 for Tedisco from last night's results.
"The narrowing of the gap doesn't change the main fact: Thousands of absentee ballots will essentially decide the race -- but not until after April 13." However, CQ Politics knows at least one of those absentee ballots.
Murphy Now Leads By Just 25 Votes
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
The too-close-to-call special election in NY-20 just got considerably closer, the Albany Times Union reports.
Following a review of votes in Columbia County, Scott Murphy (D) still leads Jim Tedisco (R) -- but only by 25 votes, 77,217 to 77,192. That result peels off 127 votes for Murphy and 93 for Tedisco from last night's results.
"The narrowing of the gap doesn't change the main fact: Thousands of absentee ballots will essentially decide the race -- but not until after April 13." However, CQ Politics knows at least one of those absentee ballots.
