The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, giving First Draft an exclusive look at its [Iowa] numbers, says it is ahead of its Republican counterpart in
terms of absentee ballots requested — 58,000 to 31,000.
Not exact matches
After a final tally
of absentee and affidavit
ballots, long - time Congresswoman Louise Slaughter will spend another
term representing New York's 25th District in Congress.
If that lead holds, once the
absentee ballots are counted, she will face Lee Zeldin, a Republican serving his first
term in the House
of Representatives, in the Nov. 8 election.
Republican David Storobin is currently ahead in the recount
of last Tuesday's special election in Brooklyn, and at least some Democrats see a long -
term advantage if his lead holds after all
of the
absentee ballots are counted later this week.
The justices on the state's highest court heard arguments on whether problems counting
absentee ballots justify the reversal
of a lower state court ruling that declared Franken, the former comedian and progressive radio talk show host, the winner by 312 votes over Coleman, the freshman senator whose
term expired at the beginning
of the year.
As
of Election Day, first -
term incumbent Republican supervisor Marybeth Majestic had been ahead
of Democratic challenger Lisa Lindsley by a slim margin
of 22 votes, with more than 100
absentee ballots still outstanding.
With approximately 977
absentee ballots left to be counted, unofficial numbers showed four -
term Democrat incumbent Congressman Tim Bishop with a 263 vote lead over Altschuler, with a total
of more than 194,000 votes cast.
Should Mr. Hughes, an attorney with a private practice in Southold, hold on for victory after
absentee ballots are counted, it would mean that, for the first time ever the town's two sitting justices were elected to their current
terms without the support
of the Republican Party.
The first grand jury at the conclusion
of its
term in January indicted county Democratic Elections Commissioner Edward McDonough and Councilman Michael LoPorto for forgery in the handling
of the
absentee ballots.
Leifeld, seeking a twelfth
term held a 741 - 706 lead over Johansen, who would have win by 49 - 12 in the counting
of the
absentee ballots, a high improbability, in order to overtake the incumbent.