Major Upset Gives Democrats Another State Senate Seat
February 27, 2008
Democrats are one step closer to gaining control of the State Senate following an upset victory in a special election upstate.
Democrat Darrel Aubertine will be sworn-in in Albany today.
He pulled off a major upset yesterday, defeating Republican Will Barclay in a special election in upstate New York. Until now, the district has sent a Republican to Albany.
Aubertine’s victory cuts the GOP lead in the state Senate to 32 to 30, putting Democrats on the cusp of recapturing the Senate for the first time since 1965.
“This is when we start to prove what we said all along, that it’s about us,” said Aubertine. “We will make a difference, and we will be heard in Albany.”
The Democrats are now likely to try to find a Republican defector, creating a 31-to-31 tie.
Lieutenant Governor David Paterson, who is a Democrat, would then cast the tie breaking vote, giving control to the Democrats.
Source: NY1
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