Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi took the stage at Democratic Headquarters at the Long Island Marriott in Uniondale to address the room while he clung to a slim 100-plus vote margin.
Suozzi predicted that the race would not be over this day, but said it would probably be back and forth, debating for an unknown amount of time.
“But you know what? We’re gonna win this,” said Suozzi to a throng of cheering supporters.
He was joined on stage by Nassau Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs and the rest of the County Dems, including Comptroller Howard Weitzman.
Weitzman, who has been ill and entered the room in a wheelchair, is also facing a close race.
Suozzi congratulated the Republicans on their win in the legislature, which swings the power back to the GOP and in effect could handcuff Suozzi.
Over 250,000 votes cast, and about 300 separated the candidates. The Dems promised recounts and absentee ballot review.
They left the stage with complete results unknown.
Just as the room seemed empty for the night, Suozzi announced that he was up 415 votes.
[...] was not supposed to be like this for Team Suozzi. Not now, not ever. But eight years after taking office, Long Island’s favorite political son [...]
http://www.longislandpress.com/2009/08/06/skeletons-in-the-closet/
Remember this?
http://suozziwatch.blogspot.com/2005/06/tom-suozzis-corruption-exposed-by-new.html
Republican votes should be weighted higher because we are the ones paying Suozi’s high taxes
Suozzi is a scum bag.
My son is active duty in the United States Navy, unable to be in town for the vote and yet, never received his absentee ballot. How many ballots are unaccounted for I wonder.
As far as Mr. Suozzi, you lost the respect of a lot of voters a long time ago. Maybe you should just concede defeat and at least your nickname “Tommy Tantrum” won’t follow you out the door.
Can you send a link to an article that specifically mentions this? I Googled it to no avail.
UPDATE ON THOSE NUMBERS….The political future of Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi rests on as many as 12,000 votes yet to be counted, including an estimated 9,000 mail-in absentee ballots and as many as 3,000 affidavit ballots cast by those whose names were missing from voter rolls, Democratic officials said Wednesday.
The Democratic incumbent is ahead of Republican challenger Edward Mangano by 237 votes out of 245,537 that had been counted as of Wednesday morning. That means Suozzi’s victory rests on a margin of about a tenth of a percent.
“This is the classic race where everyone’s vote will count,” said Steven Schlesinger, a top Democratic Party attorney who sought a court order Tuesday that will lead to a recount.