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In the last state senate race to be decided, incumbent State Senator, Frank Padavan has won.  With 265 ballots being fought over, Padavan holds a 578 vote lead.  Challenger Jim Genarro put up a great fight and almost took out a long time incumbent. Padavan drew much criticism during the campaign for attacking St.

Today at a hearing on the ballots in the SD 11 case, the judge ordered that the St. Johns students that were subpoenaed could leave because they where not about counting the votes but about intimidating the students. According to the NYTimes:

...at a hearing that lasted just half an hour, Justice Kevin J. Kerrigan of State Supreme Court stated that the subpoenas were nothing more than a nuisance and ordered that they be dismissed.

Tomorrow, students will be proudly showing up to vote on Election Day in the largest numbers this country has seen in decades. College Students want leadership and change and Congressman Randy Kuhl from the NY-29 has not represented our nation's youth during his time in office. Congressman Kuhl has repeatedly voted against increases to student aid that would make the cost of college tuition more affordable and less of a burden on families.

After a long and contentious battle to get Jon Powers off of the WFP line and to get Alice Kryzan on the line, an appellate court judge has ruled that Powers will be off the line and Kryzan will get it.

El Diario, the largest Spanish language newspaper in the Northeast has decided to endorse Councilman joe Addabbo for State Senate. This is one of our best chances to take back a seat in the senate and this endorsement will go far to help. The district that he will represent is 26% Hispanic. If you live near the area please help out the campaign this GOTV weekend.

Here's an event notice for an event on Long Island for Brian Foley for Senate:

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to Headline Rally for Change with Brian X. Foley Date: Saturday November 1, 2008 Time: 10:30 am Location: 95 East Main St. Patchogue, NY 11772 Who: Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Supervisor Brian X. Foley Congressman Tim Bishop Assemblywoman Patricia Eddington Attorney General Andrew Cuomo will join State Senate Candidate Brian X.

Chuck Schumer is now making the rounds for our great senate candidates. Today he was in Western NY to to endorse Joe Mesi for senate. Here is what he had to say:

"I support Joe Mesi because I know he has the toughness, discipline and work ethic to stand up to entrenched interests and fight for change for hard-working families in Western New York," said New York's senior U.S.