NY-23 results, take six
The Post-Standard's story today about the 23rd Congressional District race cited vote totals from the state Board of Elections to help make its point about how close the race still is. The state elections board, however, appears to have provided the paper with now outdated figures.
Here are the most up-to-date unofficial results. There are at least 5,400 absentee ballots returned that have not been counted. That process starts Tuesday.
| Owens | Hoffman | Scozzafava | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton | 10,536 | 7,530 | 686 |
| Essex | 3,718 | 3,175 | 432 |
| Franklin | 5,125 | 4,589 | 247 |
| Fulton | 1,969 | 2,489 | 676 |
| Hamilton | 888 | 1,184 | 293 |
| Jefferson | 10,460 | 10,884 | 1,179 |
| Lewis | 2,169 | 2,676 | 282 |
| Madison | 8,087 | 8,985 | 602 |
| Oneida | 2,024 | 2,779 | 362 |
| Oswego | 11,000 | 12,748 | 950 |
| St. Lawrence | 12,987 | 8,748 | 1,194 |
| Total | 68,963 | 65,787 | 6,903 |
| Owens leads by | 3,176 | ||
Mr. Hoffman was trailing Mr. Owens by 557 votes in Jefferson County on Election Day. However, a recanvass of machines found missing votes for all three candidates, but mostly for the Conservative Party candidate. Mr. Hoffman now leads in the county by 424 votes, a swing of 981 votes.
Mr. Hoffman won seven of the 11 counties, although the four counties with the smallest voter turnouts - Lewis, Oswego, Oneida and Fulton - went for him. He also captured the two counties with the race's highest voter turnout: Madison and Hamilton counties.
The difference in the race currently - 3,176 votes - is almost the same as the difference in Mr. Owens' lead over Mr. Hoffman in Clinton County.
