Looks like a Democratic pickup in the NY State Senate...

[brooklynite]

from The Post Standard

Unofficial results at 10:05 p.m. in the race for the 48th State Senate District:

27,901 -- Darrel J. Aubertine (Democrat, Working Familes)

25,345 -- Will Barclay (Republican, Conservative, Independence)

Reporting:
124 of 124 districts in Oswego County
91 of 91 districts in Jefferson County
35 of 35 machines in St. Lawrence County

[galledgoblin]

1. *happy dance*

voted absentee last week

[cal04]

2. Upset Sends Democrat to Albany

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/nyregion/27senate.html?hp

In a major victory for Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his party, a Democratic assemblyman won a stunning upset in a State Senate election on Tuesday in a district that has been in Republican hands for a century.

The win reduces the Republicans’ majority to one seat and will intensify pressure on the majority leader, Joseph L. Bruno, as he tries to maintain his party’s grip on the Senate, which it has controlled for more than 40 years.

The Democrat, Darrel J. Aubertine, a dairy farmer, leaned heavily on Mr. Spitzer’s media consultant and the state Democrats’ money as he waged a costly campaign against the Republican, William A. Barclay, a lawyer and an assemblyman whose father once held the Senate seat.

Mr. Aubertine won 52 percent of the vote to 48 percent for Mr. Barclay, according to unofficial results. Republicans outnumber Democrats 78,454 to 46,824 in the north country district, and Mr. Barclay had been favored to win.

[eilen]

3. This seat has been held by Repbulicans for over a century

it is landmark.

2nd most expensive campaign in the state, remarkable for its negative advertising.

"Aubertine's victory cuts the GOP's control of the Senate to just a 32-to-30 majority."

"The GOP's thin hold on the Senate made this race pivotal: Gov. Eliot Spitzer has expressed his desire to help Democrats take control of the Senate, giving his party, which also controls the Assembly, a monopoly of power."

http://blog.syracuse.com/news/2008/02/results_in_the_48th_state_sena.html

[GenDem]

4. This is great news for NY Dems

I drove a few hours and volunteered in Oswego last Sunday. A beautiful day for door knocking. This campaign was organized. We walked in and five minutes later I was out the door with a map and lit. A great ground game up there.

It was great to follow the results last night.

Congratulations to Darrel Aubertine.

[Muttocracy]

5. yay! nt

[mdmc]

6. just two more to go

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