White Plains CitizeNetReporter - It's Bradley and Paulin to Albany for White Plains

WPCNR EVENING CITY STAR REPORTER. By John F. Bailey. November 5, 2002 UPDATED: Adam Bradley was elected by a 12 to 1 margin over Joseph Giardina to his first elected office, Assemblyperson for the 89th Assembly District Tuesday. Incumbent Assemblyperson Amy Paulin weathered her ethnic indiscretions of the last two weeks by defeating Tony Sayegh, by a 58% to 42% margin with 72% of the votes counted. Suzi Oppenheimer will represent White Plains in the State Senate.

Mr. Bradley, surrounded by an oddly subdued entourage of White Plains Democrats, Glen Hockley, Tom Roach, who were visible on television and a poker-faced Jonathan Appel, spoke to the media at Heathcote Tavern in Scarsdale. A calm Bradley said he was looking forward to working with Amy Paulin in the Assembly, whom he described as one of the most effective new Assemblypersons in Albany with a great freshman record in the Assembly, and said he looked forward to working with her for White Plains.

Ms. Paulin, claimed victory over Sayegh at about 10:45 PM, appearing rather subdued and relieved in her television appearance, said her victory proved it was results that counted, and that she would move forward to work more on womens issues, keeping taxes low, and protecting the environment. In the portion of the speech telecast, she did not mention her opponent by name, but she may have mentioned Mr.Sayegh earlier before camera cut to her, away from Mr. Bradley. Turn in the Paulin-Sayegh contest was 32%. With 72% of the votes counted, she lead Mr. Sayegh, 13,372 to 9,877.

Oppenheimer Cruises

Suzi Oppenheimer goes back to the senate with a 2 to 1 margin over Irving Scharf to represent White Plains.

Big winner of night was not Governor George Pataki, but the Board of Elections

The Westchester County Board of Elections posted results early and often, updating their site of election tallys on the average of every 10 minutes, even less. The Board,which has been taken to task for lagging returns, especially in the September 5 primary this year, performed we thought flawlessly Tuesday evening. The site was easy to get to, and results downloaded quickly.

Republican Judges Slide off Pataki's robes in Westchester, but Rockland, Dutchess, Putnam, Ulster provide victory.

Mr. Pataki's coattails did not extend to the Supreme Court candidates in Westchester County. All three Republican Judge candidates who accepted the Right to Life endorsement were having problems big-time in Westchester County as of 11:30 PM, but the four counties North of Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Putnam, and Ulster, gave them the margins they needed retain the bench

James Brands , Thomas Dickerson, and Mary Smith ran 14,000, 10,000, and 10,000 votes, respectively behind Republican Janet Difiore, with 69,000 votes, and also behind Linda Jamieson, another Republican with 60,000 votes in Westchester County. Both Defiore and Jamieson did not run on the Right to Life line.

Ahead were Democrat candidates, Bruce Tolbert with 67,000 votes; Marc Lust with 63,000; Jeffery Cohen with 68,400 votes. As of 11:30 PM, in a close horse race the judgeships on the Supreme Court look to be the three Democrats, Tolbert, Cohen and Lust, and the two Republicans without the Right to Life line, Ms. DeFiore and Ms. Jamieson, but they were being hotly pursued by Republicans Dickerson and Smith.

The results were turned around in the northern counties by Wednesday morning. Janet DiFiore retained her lead with Brands, Dickerson, Smith and Jamieson following in that order. Cohen, Loer, Lust and Tolbert fell by the wayside.

Meanwhile back in county court.

Irene Ratner maintained her slim lead over Sam Walker votes.


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