{"id":2685,"date":"2010-11-06T11:51:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-06T15:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2685"},"modified":"2010-11-06T11:51:20","modified_gmt":"2010-11-06T15:51:20","slug":"undecided-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2685","title":{"rendered":"Undecided elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a bunch of state races that are still undecided. \u00a0It <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/blogs\/dailypolitics\/2010\/11\/gov-paterson-gop-will-likely-c.html\" target=\"_blank\">appears<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Senate<\/a> will be controlled by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenategop.com\" target=\"_blank\">GOP<\/a> 32-30. \u00a0As it stands now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SD-3 is upgraded from <strong>F<\/strong>-rated <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brian_X._Foley\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Foley (D)<\/a> to <strong>B<\/strong>-rated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeldinforsenate.com\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Zeldin (R)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>SD-7 is switched from <strong>F<\/strong>-rated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senatorcraigjohnson.org\" target=\"_blank\">Craig Johnson (D)<\/a> to <strong>?<\/strong>-rated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsforsenate.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Martins (R)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>SD-48 is downgraded from <strong>A<\/strong>-rated <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Darrel_Aubertine\" target=\"_blank\">Darrel Aubertine (D)<\/a> to <strong>B<\/strong>-rated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pattyritchie.com\" target=\"_blank\">Patty Ritchie (R)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>SD-60 is switched from <strong>F<\/strong>-rated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senatorantoinethompson.com\" target=\"_blank\">Antoine Thompson (D)<\/a> to <strong>?<\/strong>-rated\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/grisantiforsenate.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Grisanti (R)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Antigun Republican <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Padavan\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Padvan<\/a> was replaced by antigun Democrat <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tony_Avella\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Avella<\/a> in SD-11 while the open seat in SD-38 went to Democrat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlucci2010.com\" target=\"_blank\">David Carlucci<\/a> who does not have a public record on gun issues that I&#8217;m aware of. \u00a0SD-35 and SD-37 have incumbent antigun Democrats leading.<\/p>\n<p>I expect the recounts, absentee ballots, and probable lawsuits will keep the final outcome up in the air for weeks, if not months to come. \u00a0There is also the possibility that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/senator\/carl-kruger\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Kruger<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/senator\/ruben-diaz\" target=\"_blank\">Ruben Diaz<\/a> will caucus with the Republicans.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D2685&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2685\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2685\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2685\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a bunch of state races that are still undecided. \u00a0It appears the Senate will be controlled by the GOP 32-30. \u00a0As it stands now: SD-3 is upgraded from F-rated Brian Foley (D) to B-rated Lee Zeldin (R). SD-7 is switched from F-rated Craig Johnson (D) to ?-rated Jack Martins (R). 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