With the dust still settling from Tuesday's special election
for the Long Island seat vacated by convicted former Senate
Majority Leader Dean Skelos, it appears that Democratic candidate
Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky finished ahead in a very tight race.
As of early Wednesday morning, Kaminksy led the Republican
candidate Chris McGrath by 780 votes in the district with all
precincts reporting, according to data with the Nassau County Board
of Elections. On Tuesday evening, Assemblyman Kaminsky, supported
by local Democratic leaders, declared himself the winner. McGrath,
for his part, indicated to the press that the vote count was too
tight, and said that votes will need to be counted in the coming
days. With such a tight outcome, many are predicting that it may be
weeks before a winner is decided. Senate Republicans have indicated
they will start re-canvassing votes early next week.
