What Went Down On Election Night 2017

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Well, Bemused Redneck, these districts are not overwhelmingly Republican. Trump won 117 by 3 percentage points and 119 by 7 points. The flips there are obviously not bad news for Democrats; they are good news. But I don’t think they are particularly surprising. I think they fit with a national environment that is in the Democrats’ favor right now.

As I wait for the Nassau County website to reload (quite slowly), I can report that 20 percent of precincts have reported. The Republican candidate in the county executive contest, Jack Martins, is now up by 1 percentage point. This one will take a while to call, it seems.

In a rare loss for Democrats, independent Ben Walsh has defeated Democrat Juanita Perez Williams in the Syracuse mayoral race. He’s up 53 percent to 39 percent, with 84 percent of precincts reporting.