NY-20 Is Gonna Get Messy

Yesterday the people in New York's 20th Congressional District held a special election to replace Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand who was appointed to fill Hillary Clinton's vacant senate seat.

When the polls closed Democrat Scott Murphy led Republican Jim Tedisco by 65 votes. Naturally that's a race too close to call. The state of New York is reporting there are over 10,000 absentee votes left to be counted. And the Republican Party has already filed a legal complaint to contest the election. Depending on the outcome of the absentee votes, this could go on forever.

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