This morning's coverage indicates that there were modest Democratic gains in the Northern 29th. Democrats picked up two Monroe County Legislature seats, but Republicans still control the Legislature. According to the
Democrat and Chronicle, voter turnout was the lowest since 1964. I assume much of the reason for low turnout was lack of a race at the head of the ticket. "Woulda, coulda, shoulda" is a meaningless game, but here are two facts: the self-described "placeholder" Working Families Party candidate polled 25% of the vote, and 25,000 people chose not to vote at all for County Executive. If the Democrats had fielded a candidate, it would have been a real contest.
In the South, reader Watching in Woodhull notes that Democrat Frank Coccho lost his bid for re-election as Mayor of Corning.
Update: Reader Elmer sends the
front page [pdf] of today's Corning Leader, which carries Coccho's loss as well as the news that his loss shifts control of the Corning city council to the Republicans.