Get your special election updates here! - Craig Johnson WINS!
Craig Johnson Wins! (btp here)
Final:
26,452 to 22,929!
Freakin sweet!!!
Any minute now, early returns on the special election in New York’s Seventh State Senate district should start coming in. You can see them all here. I’ll be posting regular updates as well.
Update #1 (9:30 pm):
UNOFFICAL ELECTION RESULTS AS OF: 09:28 PM STATE SENATOR-7TH SD-UNEXPIRED TERM 37 EDS COUNTED 264 EDS IN RACE CANDIDATE NAME PARTY RESULTS CANDIDATE TOTAL CRAIG M JOHNSON D 1,218 CRAIG M JOHNSON W 97 1,315 MAUREEN C O'CONNELL R 783 MAUREEN C O'CONNELL I 48 MAUREEN C O'CONNELL C 51 882
Update #2 (9:35 pm):
UNOFFICAL ELECTION RESULTS AS OF: 09:32 PM STATE SENATOR-7TH SD-UNEXPIRED TERM 54 EDS COUNTED 264 EDS IN RACE CANDIDATE NAME PARTY RESULTS CANDIDATE TOTAL CRAIG M JOHNSON D 2,353 CRAIG M JOHNSON W 180 2,533 MAUREEN C O'CONNELL R 2,416 MAUREEN C O'CONNELL I 163 MAUREEN C O'CONNELL C 212 2,791
UNOFFICAL ELECTION RESULTS AS OF: 09:42 PM STATE SENATOR-7TH SD-UNEXPIRED TERM 73 EDS COUNTED 264 EDS IN RACE CANDIDATE NAME PARTY RESULTS CANDIDATE TOTAL CRAIG M JOHNSON D 4,633 CRAIG M JOHNSON W 318 4,951 MAUREEN C O'CONNELL R 3,253 MAUREEN C O'CONNELL I 238 MAUREEN C O'CONNELL C 302 3,793



I’m not able to access results from the Nassau CO BOE from the link, but according to MyDD, Johnson is up about 24,000 to 22,000 with 12 EDs outstanding, but the numbers have been fluctuating pretty wildly during the night.
That’s 12 EDs left to be counted out of a total of 264 EDs in the district
Excellent. Who flips first? Go Spitzer.
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