| After a week of soaking up some sun on a beach in an undisclosed location, I'm back and ready to go for tonight'selection results from NY-26. There are plenty of story lines to talk about with this one and I hope you'll be around to shoot the breeze on all of 'em.
So check back tonight shortly after 9pm for the latest tallies and served with Grade A snark.
I'll leave you with this nugget from the wingnuts at Hot Air that I wanted to mention whilst I was lounging on that aforementioned beach.
Is NY-26 Slipping Away?
I contacted a political consultant - who chose not to be identified - who is not involved in this election, but has worked on several upstate NY Congressional races to get his take on it. "I don't see anything wrong with the sample at all," he said. " I can't talk about it publicly, but we're going to lose that race."
--Emphasis in the original.
Fingers are crossed, but I have a good feeling about this one.
UPDATE: Turnout looks strong in Erie County, which is good news for Hochul. She really needs to run up the score there:
5:34 p.m.: Erie County turnout has already been strong in the Democratic-leaning area - even before the heavy post-work voting hours began.
Election officials said at 4:30 p.m. turnout was estimated to be between 18 and 20 percent. The district's largest county, it's a must-win area for Hochul and a place where she needs to build up a lead to offset Corwin's advantage in the GOP-leaning areas of the district.
Monroe County, which includes Rochester, reported 17 percent turnout as of 5:00 p.m., with 1,978 voters turning out so far. The county anticipated providing another update this evening. Corwin needs strong turnout here in the conservative county.
The more rural counties in the district, or the "glow" counties - Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming - weren't tracking turnout statistics, but an Orelans county official did remark that turnout was "light." Corwin also needs strong margins in these areas to pull out a win. |
