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Supervisor race still without a winner
By Jamie Larson
Claverack supervisor candidate Robin Andrews added seven votes to her post election lead over longtime incumbent Town Supervisor James Keegan Friday. Andrews, a Democrat, now holds a 28-vote lead over the Republican Keegan, with 927 to 899.
Claverack was the last town with absentee ballots left to be addressed this week by the Board of Elections, and both candidates sat watching as paper ballots were tallied in the Board of Supervisors’ chambers at the 401 State St. county office building in Hudson.
Fifty-seven votes, challenged by party lawyers have still not been counted, giving Keegan a slim chance to win a come-from-behind victory. Keegan, who has been supervisor for 12 years said himself that chances of a win are slim but he said he won’t concede until he knows for sure he has lost.
“I’d rather not concede until they’re all counted up,” Keegan said Friday. “We’ve gone this far.”
Andrews said she likes her chances but isn’t going to start celebrating just yet. “I’m hopeful,” Andrews said. “It’s moving in a positive direction.”
One number that falls in Andrews’ favor is that 40 of the challenges were made by Republican attorney James Walsh, with just 17 made by the county Democrat’s lawyer Kathleen O’Keefe.
At the beginning of the day Andrews told O’Keefe that she didn’t want any ballots challenged by the Democrats.
Ballots were challenged by the Democrats however with O’Keefe saying she was there to represent the best interests of her client, county Democratic Commissioner Christopher Nolan.
“I did not make any frivolous challenges,” O’Keefe said. “If it was a credible issue I raised a challenge.”
“I asked that they not object to anything,”Andrews said. “I don’t like the idea of denying people the right to vote.”
To reach reporter Jamie Larson call 518-828-1616, ext. 2269, or e-mail jlarson@registerstar.com.
Claverack was the last town with absentee ballots left to be addressed this week by the Board of Elections, and both candidates sat watching as paper ballots were tallied in the Board of Supervisors’ chambers at the 401 State St. county office building in Hudson.
Fifty-seven votes, challenged by party lawyers have still not been counted, giving Keegan a slim chance to win a come-from-behind victory. Keegan, who has been supervisor for 12 years said himself that chances of a win are slim but he said he won’t concede until he knows for sure he has lost.
“I’d rather not concede until they’re all counted up,” Keegan said Friday. “We’ve gone this far.”
Andrews said she likes her chances but isn’t going to start celebrating just yet. “I’m hopeful,” Andrews said. “It’s moving in a positive direction.”
One number that falls in Andrews’ favor is that 40 of the challenges were made by Republican attorney James Walsh, with just 17 made by the county Democrat’s lawyer Kathleen O’Keefe.
At the beginning of the day Andrews told O’Keefe that she didn’t want any ballots challenged by the Democrats.
Ballots were challenged by the Democrats however with O’Keefe saying she was there to represent the best interests of her client, county Democratic Commissioner Christopher Nolan.
“I did not make any frivolous challenges,” O’Keefe said. “If it was a credible issue I raised a challenge.”
“I asked that they not object to anything,”Andrews said. “I don’t like the idea of denying people the right to vote.”
To reach reporter Jamie Larson call 518-828-1616, ext. 2269, or e-mail jlarson@registerstar.com.
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