New York Senate District 43 Heads to an Automatic Recount as Democrat Devin Lander Leads by 335 Votes of More Than 121,000 Cast and Incumbent Jake Ashby Has Not Conceded
The race for New York 43rd State Senate District seat remains close enough to trigger an automatic recount, in a district that encompasses Rensselaer County as well as portions of Albany and Washington counties.
Democratic candidate Devin Lander said on Thursday that his campaign had crunched the numbers and that he leads by 335 votes in an election that garnered more than 121,000 ballots, and he declared himself the winner, saying the lead was more than the possible votes left to be counted, which were all in Washington County.
An automatic recount of the votes is triggered under state law in any race with a margin of less than half a percent, and the final deadline for some Albany County mail-in ballots to arrive is the following week.
Republican incumbent Jake Ashby, who initially won the seat in 2022 and has represented the district since, has not yet conceded, and in a statement released Thursday he said he wants to honour the hand recount and will have further comment upon its completion.
Though the recount has not been officially called, it is expected to begin later this month.
Source: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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