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Here’s your voter guide for Election Day 2016

Happy Election Day, New York! Santosh Baraily,right, a refugee from Bhutan, waits in line to cast his first ever vote at the Ancient Order of Hibernians Tuesday April 19, 2016 in Albany,NY. (John Carl...

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Amedore declares victory over Niccoli in SD46

Republican state Sen. George Amedore declared victory over Democratic challenger Sara Niccoli around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday night, keeping his seat safely Republican as observers awaited other results that...

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State Senate GOP poised to retain majority (updated)

Update: As of 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, Democrat John Brooks held a 33-vote lead over Sen. Michael Venditto in the 8th Senate District. Brooks led with 64,499 votes to Venditto’s 64,466, according to the...

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‘NYN’ analyzes the elections from the top of the ticket on down

This week’s episode of “New York Now,” a coproduction of WMHT and the Times Union, breaks down the Election Day that was, with analysis from Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg and an all-SUNY...

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Senate GOP in town, talking majority, other topics

Senate Republicans are gathered here in the Capitol for a post-election conference and they’ve got a lot on their plate in the wake of an apparent Nov. 8 victory in which they should, at a minimum have...

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NYPIRG charts NY’s declining presidential turnout

New York State has gained registered voters since 2008 but turnout in presidential races has dropped steadily and this year was no exception, according to a study from NYPIRG. While the number of...

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Senate Democrats say Brooks’ victory to be certified Friday

State Senate Democrats were celebrating Thursday evening after a state Supreme Court judge on Long Island ordered that a Democratic candidate’s victory in an island Senate race be certified Friday....

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State political year in review: 2016 edition

Maybe Charles Barron’s State of the State interruption was the signal that 2016 would be anything but ordinary. The Brooklyn assemblyman shouting over the governor’s annual legislative session kickoff...

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Board of Elections questions Senate Republican campaign spending

Note: This story by Chris Bragg originally appeared in Tuesday’s edition of the Times Union. Ahead of last year’s elections, New York Senate Republicans boosted many of their candidates with financial...

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Board of Elections probes ties between Senate Democrats, union super PAC

Note: This story by Chris Bragg appeared in Monday’s edition of the Times Union. The state Board of Elections is investigating campaign support given to Democrats in several state Senate races last...

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