His first election in partisan politics wound up as a tie against an 18 - year incumbent...»... who was the majority leader of the county legislature and the committeemen - even though it takes place in a very public forum it's actually a party election, and so the committeemen broke the tie, gave it to the incumbent, and I wound up being elected in a write - in election with over 3,000 votes cast, just on a county legislative district, so, you can beat city hall.» (wamc.org)
In a dissent view however, his counterpart Femi Gbajabiamila, who is the majority leader expressed concerns about the timing of the legislation saying «It is not right». (nigeriapoliticsonline.com)
«I've said that I would be interested in being the majority leader if and when there is a vacancy,» DeFrancisco said this afternoon. (syracuse.com)