Pheffer Amato wins tight Assembly race two months after Election Day
/It took two months to decide but Stacey Pheffer Amato has been reelected to represent Queens Assembly District 23, beating out Republican Thomas Sullivan by 15 votes.
Read MoreIt took two months to decide but Stacey Pheffer Amato has been reelected to represent Queens Assembly District 23, beating out Republican Thomas Sullivan by 15 votes.
Read MoreFourteen ballots have been added to the race for Assembly District 23, where incumbent Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato leads her Republican challenger, Thomas Sullivan, by one vote.
Read MoreA panel of Appellate Division, Second Department justices ruled late Tuesday afternoon that nearly 100 previously rejected absentee ballots cast in the race for Queens’ Assembly District 23 will be sent back to the individual voters to be “cured.” The ruling opens the door for 94 ballots to be re-entered into a race where only one vote separates candidates Thomas Sullivan and Stacey Pheffer Amato, who currently holds the lead.
Read MoreIf there was ever an election to prove the power of a single vote, it is the race to represent Queens’ 23rd Assembly District.
Read MoreWith only three votes separating incumbent Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato and Republican challenger Thomas Sullivan, the two candidates went to court to argue over the validity of about 100 absentee ballots, which could sway the race if a judge rules that they can be counted.
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