Republican Maureen O’Connell won a county clerk’s race a year ago amid Democratic County Executive Thomas Suozzi’s re-election landslide. But she did not win in the Seventh state Senate District, where she is now running in a special election Feb. 6, as Democratic officials point out.
According to 2005 election returns, Democrat Tricia Ferrell, a little-known candidate from Uniondale, edged O’Connell in the Senate district by 71 votes, 31,331 to 31,260. Countywide, O’Connell topped Ferrell 52-47 percent, according to William Biamonte, Democratic elections commissioner.
Rick Brand
New Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who has already stumped for Democrat Legis. Craig Johnson (D-Port Washington), won the district by better than 2 to 1 last fall with 66.4 percent of the vote. Democrats hope that means Spitzer’s support will boost Johnson.
However, special elections usually are low-turnout races in which as few as 10 percent of voters show up. So it is not the candidate who necessarily has the most support but the one who gets more backers to the polls who wins.
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Also check out the latest typo on Maureen's Campaign literature http://spitzerdayone.blogspot.com/2007/01/monday-rush-hour.html#links All about Spitzer..24/7...7 days a week......andy
http://spitzerdayone.blogspot.com/ it the correct link..thanks andy
it is a perfect storm for craig johnson....a popular governor who carried the district...a county executive who wants to show he is a team player...bruno is in trouble and bush is sending 21,000 troops to Iraq...not good to be an R is nassau right now...