rssThe Last Days of Tedisco
Friday, April 17, 2009 at 8:36 am
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Man, defeated New York 20th Congressional District GOP candidate Jim Tedisco is bold:
Jim Tedisco submitted a petition to the Dutchess County Supreme Court Thursday asking the judge to declare him the winner of the extremely close special election race, despite the numbers currently being in favor of his opponent, Democrat Scott Murphy.
This is a nice way of saying Murphy got more votes than Tedisco. Murphy currently leads by 178 votes, after trailing by dozens of votes before the absentees started being counted. Tedisco really can’t act like such a sore loser and expect to come back in 2010: voters typically turn on candidates who refuse to admit defeat, such as Christine Jennings in a 2006 Florida congressional race that was marked by the loss of votes in electronic machines.
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Comment posted April 17, 2009 @ 8:04 am
Murphy got more machine votes.
Murphy got more absentee votes.
The 1,500 remaining uncounted ballots are overwhelmingly likely Murphy voters challenged by Tedisco.
Conclusion: Declare Tedisco the winner.
Comment posted April 17, 2009 @ 8:31 am
The RNCC is making fools of themselves. They are capriciously challenged all absentee ballots sent from NYC, especially if the voter had a Jewish surname. The challenge to Senator Gillibrand must have hit a raw nerve. There was a new attorney representing Tedisco who took a softer approach. He challenged very few of the military and overseas ballots. Meanwhile, voters in the 20th are unhappy that stimulus money is hard to come by since there is no representation in Congress from there.
Historically, the 20 has been a solid Republican district. But in the 2008 election, Gillibrand, a Democrat received more votes for her congressional run than McCain did for his presidential run. The district went for McCain in 2008.
dnmarcus@mhcable.com
Comment posted April 17, 2009 @ 3:04 pm
Murphy got more machine votes.
Murphy got more absentee votes.
The 1,500 remaining uncounted ballots are overwhelmingly likely Murphy voters challenged by Tedisco.
Conclusion: Declare Tedisco the winner.
Comment posted April 17, 2009 @ 3:31 pm
The RNCC is making fools of themselves. They are capriciously challenged all absentee ballots sent from NYC, especially if the voter had a Jewish surname. The challenge to Senator Gillibrand must have hit a raw nerve. There was a new attorney representing Tedisco who took a softer approach. He challenged very few of the military and overseas ballots. Meanwhile, voters in the 20th are unhappy that stimulus money is hard to come by since there is no representation in Congress from there.
Historically, the 20 has been a solid Republican district. But in the 2008 election, Gillibrand, a Democrat received more votes for her congressional run than McCain did for his presidential run. The district went for McCain in 2008.
dnmarcus@mhcable.com
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