| Notice that his opponent had no third party line and Hannon had the Indy line. Note also that the Rep. vote was only 4K more than the Dem. vote. A well funded high tier challenger with excellent campaign skills as Mejias with the Independence and WFP endorsements could turn this entire result around.
Notice the registration of those who have registed in this district prior to 1990 and those who have registered since 2002.
Registered before 1990
Total Rep Dem Other
65794 34294 20253 11247
Registered since Jan 2002
30369 7637 12597 10135
A definite partisan swing to the Democrats and as a percentage to the Blank or no party preference. Only 25% of newer registrants have signed on to the Republican brand! Compare that to 40% Democratic and 35% no affiliation or minor party affiliation.
Below is the current registration for the 6th SD.
Statistics for State Senate 06
Voters
Republican Democratic Other
74741 65104 45213
These partisan registration numbers are considerably more friendly than the Nassau Legislative District that Mejias has won three times. They are also much more friendly numbers than the 3rd CD challenge to Peter King! He won by 228 votes in 07 despite State and Nassau Republican Chair Joe Mondello throwing every resource at him and his opponent taking every advantage of the Governor's temporary downturn that reached its zeneth by election day. His 03 win was by about 380 votes and 05 by a shade over 400 votes so the LD has always been tough. Mejias manages to win because of his excellent style of retail politics and community service.
The state senate site is not yet up but here is a link to Dave Mejias County Legislative website to learn more about the candidate:
http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/... |
