David Storobin Wins Epic State Senate Race ( NY )

politicker ^ | May 31, 2012 | Colin Campbell

[george76]

More than two months after the voters cast their ballots in the race to replace Carl Kruger in the State Senate has finally come to a close. The Republican candidate, David Storobin, has won.

“All the votes are in, disputed and otherwise. The count is fully over. David Storobin won by 16 votes,” Mr. Storobin’s campaign wrote on his Facebook page. ” The election will be officially certified on Tuesday at 1:30 pm, but there will be NO MORE counting. David Storobin is the new Senator!”

And, in a lengthy statement sent out by the Democrat in the race, Lew Fidler, Mr. Fidler conceded the race while maintaining that he felt Mr. Storobin’s campaign should not have won under New York State election law

[george76]

The current 27th District, formerly represented by Carl Kruger, a Democrat who resigned and pleaded guilty to corruption charges, will no longer exist come January.

“It’s really very exciting,” Mr. Storobin said Thursday. “Not only as the first Republican to win in a long time, but as the first Russian-American, and as a Russian Jew, knowing that I could never do much in the Soviet Union.”

[Clintonfatigued]

The district was already to be eliminated in the November elections due to redistricting, but it’s still a great victory in a heavily DemocRAT-voting constituancy. David Storobin has the potential to be a rising star in the party.

His election is the harbinger of a trend:

http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/russian-immigrants-are-fleeing-the-democratic-party-to-join-the-republican-party/

[BigEdLB]

Mr. Strobin is lucky. The DNC forgot to give that party worker with those 17 Dem votes in a ballot box in the trunk of her car enough gas money...

[fieldmarshaldj]

The Democrat party worker will probably be floating in Jamaica Bay before the week is out.

[ari-freedom]

no way! we did it again! Go NY Go!

[ChiMark]

Russian immigrant,American patriot!

[Impy]

I’m ticked off that we’re losing this seat and the Turner US House seat to redistricting right after we !@#$%% win them!!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks george76.

More than two months after the voters cast their ballots in the race to replace Carl Kruger in the State Senate has finally come to a close. The Republican candidate, David Storobin, has won... And, in a lengthy statement sent out by the Democrat in the race, Lew Fidler, Mr. Fidler conceded the race while maintaining that he felt Mr. Storobin's campaign should not have won under New York State election law...

[texas booster]

I am also very troubled by a clear fallacy of the Election Law which enabled Mr. Storobin’s campaign to violate the law without repercussion. The court made clear that the Storobin campaign engaged in activity that was in violation of the law. New York State law simply does not permit early mail-in voting unless voters are legally qualified to vote early. Nonetheless, I have decided not to appeal the court’s decision. It is my feeling that the law simply does not provide the remedy of disenfranchising voters whose ballots were handled in such an improper manner and with such disregard for the law. But such violations of the Election Law must not continue.

Whoa! A Democrat that complains about early voting?

And he wants the "improperly handled" ballots disenfranchised?

At the very least, such poetic justice should be shouted from the rooftops in NYC!

I couldn't specifics of his complaint, but if his petard was indeed hoisted by such actions, let's copy it across NY.

[GOPsterinMA]

Talk about two buzz-kills...