Nassau Democratic legislators look to win through absentees (Updated)

                                                                             

Joshua Lafazan
 

Like every election in the the last four years, Nassau Democrats appear to be winning disputed races through absentee ballots.

Though not official, Republicans and Democrats say  Legis. Joshua Lafazan, a nonaffiliated voter from Woodbury who runs and votes with Democrats, has won his re-election by about 200 votes once absentee ballots were counted today. 

Lafazan this afternoon put out an email saying he had won:

                                                                                      


Republicans and Democrats also say it appears that Legis. Arnold Drucker (D-Plainview) has won through absentees though he was down on Election Day. 

Arnold Drucker

Now let's see if Democrats can pull off a near miracle with County Executive Laura Curran, who lost to Republican Bruce Blakeman, by nearly 12,000 votes on Election Day with about 20,000 absentee votes to be counted.

Or a real miracle with State Sen. Todd Kamisky (D-Long Beach), who lost his race for Nassau District Attorney to Republican Anne Donnelly by about 53,000 votes on election day. 

Donnelly, who served 32 years in the district attorney's office  wasn't waiting. She announced her transition team today.

Most of the members on her team are former assistant district attorneys.

Many of the names are familiar:

Brian Griffin, the chairman, is a well known criminal defense attorney who is representing former Nassau chief deputy County Executive Rob Walker, who is expected to be sentenced this week on one count of obstruction of justice.

Anthony Marano is a retired  Supreme Court justice and former chief administrative judge in Nassau. He also is a former law partner of Nassau Republican Chairman Joseph Cairo.

The other qualifications are listed in the news release.

                                                                                     




                                                                               
     




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