{"id":6971,"date":"2012-11-19T10:14:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T15:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6971"},"modified":"2012-11-19T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T15:14:27","slug":"control-of-the-state-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6971","title":{"rendered":"Control of the State Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been almost two weeks since the election and control of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">State Senate<\/a> is still up in the air. \u00a0With <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.nydailynews.com\/2012-11-13\/news\/35093866_1_senator-elect-skelos-senate-dems\" target=\"_blank\">Simcha Felder choosing to caucus with the GOP<\/a>, it&#8217;s now tied at 31-31 with <a href=\"http:\/\/polhudson.lohudblogs.com\/2012\/11\/16\/amedore-takes-54-vote-lead-over-tkaczyk\/\" target=\"_blank\">one race to close to call<\/a>. \u00a0I suspect we won&#8217;t know who is running the show until the legislature returns for start of sessions in January at the earliest.<\/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%3D6971&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; 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