Murphy gains as judge narrows challenges (NY CD-20)

[djg21]

Source: Albany Times Union

After the initial results came in March 31 in the battle for the 20th Congressional District, it looked like the winner would be decided by more than 10,000 absentee ballots that were sent out. Two weeks later, the battle appears headed for an even smaller arena: the much smaller stack of challenged absentee ballots.

The Saratoga County Board of Elections finished counting ballots Wednesday, but absentee voters in the county a stronghold for Jim Tedisco did not give the Republican enough of a boost to lift him above Democrat Scott Murphy in the entire 10-county district.

Tedisco finished in Saratoga County with a 163-vote advantage among absentee ballots, bringing the total county tally to 30,708 for Tedisco, 25,937 for Murphy.

Elections staff in Washington County also finished counting on Wednesday, padding Murphy's election-night win with 267 more votes for a total of 7,283 for Murphy, 5,578 for Tedisco.

At the end of the day, Murphy was up by 86 votes district-wide, and Columbia County a Murphy stronghold has not finished counting its paper ballots.



Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=790419

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It looks like we might pull this one off!

[lisa58]

1. That would be great!

[FSogol]

2. Quue Freepers to proclaim that this is just like Franken

But for once they may be right. Murphy won, just like Franken.