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Absentee Ballot Recap in NY-20

47% of the absentee ballots cast in NY-20 were from Republicans.

The Democrat, Scott Murphy, won 54% of absentees.

Dem Leads Again in NY-20

Democrat Scott Murphy has taken a 46-vote lead in the special election for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-N.Y.) former House seat, as absentee votes continue to be counted.

Murphy took the lead Friday morning after more than 1,400 of 6,700 absentee ballots were counted and added to the totals. Republican Jim Tedisco led the race by 24 votes Thursday, but the absentee votes have now tilted the race in Murphy’s favor.

At this point, the absentees appear to be breaking significantly for Murphy. Tedisco leads by 68 votes among ballots cast on Election Day, while Murphy leads by 114 votes in the much smaller pool of absentees.

Read the story by Aaron Blake in TheHill.com.