A lot is at stake tonight in the special election to fill New York’s 7th State Senate district. Our guy, Craig Johnson, has a lot going for him: money, mo’, and Spitzer (I hear that he’s a steamroller). The Republicans have… well, what do they have other than a pile of dirty tricks?
I won’t be able to liveblog the results tonight due to an exam tomorrow, but I’m sure that Newsday will put something up as polls close at 9PM Eastern. And for the best coverage of the night’s events, you can’t do much better than the folks over at the Albany Project.
Let the games begin.
UPDATE: Results here. With 242 of 264 EDs counted, Craig Johnson has just pulled ahead by 800 votes… C’mon, Han old buddy, don’t let me down.
UPDATE 2: Whoa, make that a 2000+ vote lead for Johnson! Very nice!
UPDATE 3 (DavidNYC): Craig Johnson wins! Go Team Blue!
I’m not one for predictions, but if Johnson wins tonight, Democrats will gain a majority in the State Senate by the time redistricting rolls around.
Newsday calls it for Johnson!
http://www.newsday.c…
Craig Johnson! With all 264 EDs counted, Craig won 26,452 – 22,929 (53.6% – 46.7%). Great job all!
Great work, Well worth the contribution. Fantastic. Nassau turning Blue and the NY senate too!