ASSEMBLY
AD-102: Jonathan Smith defeated Gary Levine in the Democratic primary. It was a close race with Smith winning by 355 votes.
AD-142: Republican Assemblyman Mike Cole could not survive a four-way primary. Jane Corwin came out on top with 45 percent of the vote. Cole was censured last year for staying the night at an intern's apartment, which amounts to an ethics violation in Albany.
AD-144: Sam Hoyt won the Democratic and Independence primaries over Barbra Kavanaugh. Hoyt won the Democratic primary by nearly 1,300 votes over Kavanaugh.
SENATE
SD-59: Kathy Konst won the Democratic primary while Dale Volker won the Republican primary. Konst won over Timothy Pawarski for the right to face Volker, who survived a strong challenge from Republican David DiPietro.
SD-60: Sen. Antoine Thompson won his Democratic primary over Mark Grisanti convincingly by over 10,300 votes.
SD-61: Joe Mesi won the Democratic primary over Michele Iannello and Dan Ward while Republican Mike Ranzenhofer won the Independence Party primary. Mesi and Ranzenhofer will face-off in November. More on this race in the morning.
SD-62: Brian Grear didn't come close to beating Sen. George Maziarz in the Republican primary, which was a race Maziarz won with 81 percent of the vote. Maziarz also won the Conservative Party line over Don Hobel with an equally dominant showing, winning the primary with 80 percent of the vote. |
