NY-11 Special Election Thread

[publicunofficial]

Does anyone expect Gentile to get within 15 points? within 10?

It's unclear what the floor is in NY-11 for a Democratic candidate. Especially during a special election that isn't hotly contested.

I guess Gentile gets over 40%, after that who knows.

[smoltchanov]

Does anyone expect Gentile to get within 15 points? within 10?

15 - may be, but not especially likely. 10 - no.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Results for Tonight: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2015/by_state/NY_Page_0505.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

Polls closing in seven hours and 25 minutes.

[Suburbia]

I see the results as this: Donovan 60% Gentile 39%

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

2 precincts are in, Gentile is leading with 16 votes to Donovan's 11!  Lane has 1 vote.

[The Other Castro]

Looks like Gentile's taken an early commanding lead lol

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Not anymore. 14% of the vote is now in, Donovan leading 60-39. However, the difference is less than 500 votes. Looks like turnout was pretty low.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

6% in for State Assembly District 43:

Richardson (WF): 53%
Patterson (I): 20%
Davis (I): 15%
Raitport (R): 12%

[cinyc]

With about half of the precincts reporting, Donovan is leading Gentile 58-40.  More of Staten Island is out than Brooklyn, too.  Stick a fork in Gentile.

[ElectionsGuy]

Looks like this wont even be close. And wow, turnout failure. Is there seriously only 13K votes with half of the district in?

[Torie]

NY has unbelievably low turnouts except for POTUS general elections. NY is a very cynical place. But then that is because its politics is cynical, but in a weird way, it sort of works. Ideology so often just gets in the way, or getting matters done in a practical way.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

49% in, Donovan leading 58-40 but still no call. Difference of 2,000 and change.

24% in for State Assembly:

Richardson (WF): 63%
Patterson (I): 28%
Davis (I): 5%
Raitport (R): 4%

Richardson is leading Davis by ~400 votes.

[cinyc]

49% in, Donovan leading 58-40 but still no call. Difference of 2,000 and change.

24% in for State Assembly:

Richardson (WF): 63%
Patterson (I): 28%
Davis (I): 5%
Raitport (R): 4%

Richardson is leading Davis by ~400 votes.

The Republican is an Orthodox Jew, while the others are not.  Things could get interesting quick if there was block voting and the Orthodox precincts are still out.  Probably won't happen, though.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

With 72% reporting, Donovan has won the NY-11 Special Election, 58 percent to 41 percent, a margin of about 4,140 votes!

[MT Treasurer]

Called for Donovan...

[ElectionsGuy]

With 72% reporting, Donovan has won the NY-11 Special Election, 58 percent to 41 percent, a margin of about 4,140 votes!

lol only political junkies voted.

[Suburbia]

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/05/special_election_2015_vote_res.html#incart_river

Congrats, Congressman-elect Dan Donovan. How long do you see him in Congress?

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

43% in for State Assembly:

Richardson (WF): 57%
Patterson (I): 26%
Raitport (R): 12%
Davis (I): 4%

Richardson is leading by nearly 1,000 votes.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Donovan moves up to 60-39 with 86% reporting.


73% in for State Assembly:

Richardson (WF): 52%
Patterson (I): 26%
Raitport (R): 19%
Davis (I): 4%

Richardson is leading by over 1,500 votes, this one looks over, but no call yet.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

State Assembly District 43 is called for Richardson, who leads Patterson 48-25 with 78% reporting! Raitport is at 24% and Davis is at 3%.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Sorry, Libertas.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Final Results:

NY-11 Special:

Donovan (R) - 23,409; 59%
Gentile (D) - 15,808; 40%
Lane (G) - 527; 1%

State Assembly District 43:

Richardson (WF) - 4,176; 51%
Patterson (I) - 2,030; 25%
Raitport (R) - 1,691; 21%
Davis (I) - 308; 4%

[free my dawg]

Congrats, Congressman-elect Dan Donovan. How long do you see him in Congress?

As long as he wants to be. His handling of the Eric Garner case won't help him in a statewide run (and it'd take a perfect storm to give him even a chance at the state's AG again), but he's admittedly a good fit for Staten Island. Bar any corruption scandals (besides letting a murderer walk free for political gain), he'll be fine.

[Lief 🗽]

That turnout is pathetic. Special elections really need to be banned.

[smoltchanov]

Congrats, Congressman-elect Dan Donovan. How long do you see him in Congress?

As long as he wants to be. His handling of the Eric Garner case won't help him in a statewide run (and it'd take a perfect storm to give him even a chance at the state's AG again), but he's admittedly a good fit for Staten Island. Bar any corruption scandals (besides letting a murderer walk free for political gain), he'll be fine.

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