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Elections board gives victory to Calhoun in 96th Assembly DistrictBy John Sullivan
Times Herald-Record
Goshen — Ten-term incumbent Nancy Calhoun said she felt "vindicated" after discovering that she won yet another two-year term as 96th District assemblywoman.
An official from the Orange County Board of Elections reported Calhoun, R-C-Blooming Grove, with 633 of the 1,200-or-so absentee ballots by the end of counting at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
The results left Calhoun with a 541-vote margin over Democratic challenger Roxanne Donnery. The results of the election won't be certified until Wednesday at the earliest. Calhoun said she was "very happy, very relieved and very vindicated. The people who really know me through the years still supported me," she said.
She had reason to worry. By the end of election night, Nov. 2, Donnery led in Orange County by 320 votes. Calhoun has enjoyed decades of support in the Orange County portion of her district. Uncertainty about Calhoun's support in Orange County arose after she lost the support of Republican Frank Fornario, the Blooming Grove supervisor. Donnery still ended up ahead of Calhoun in Orange County by a total of 16,990 votes to Calhoun's 16,566.
But that was not enough to overcome Calhoun's substantial lead in Stony Point, in Rockland County.
The overall tally at the end of the day Wednesday was 19,460 votes for Calhoun and 18,919 for Donnery.
Heavily conservative Stony Point has traditionally been a roadblock for Calhoun's challengers, who have very little chance to make themselves known there. Donnery said newspaper coverage of her accomplishments as a 12-year Orange County legislator never reached Stony Point.
"Many had never heard of me," she said.
Despite her loss, Donnery took heart from the hard-fought campaign.
"I think it (the close race) was quite incredible if you think about what it's like to run against a 20-year-incumbent in an anti-Democratic year," she said.
Times Herald-Record
Goshen — Ten-term incumbent Nancy Calhoun said she felt "vindicated" after discovering that she won yet another two-year term as 96th District assemblywoman.
An official from the Orange County Board of Elections reported Calhoun, R-C-Blooming Grove, with 633 of the 1,200-or-so absentee ballots by the end of counting at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
The results left Calhoun with a 541-vote margin over Democratic challenger Roxanne Donnery. The results of the election won't be certified until Wednesday at the earliest. Calhoun said she was "very happy, very relieved and very vindicated. The people who really know me through the years still supported me," she said.
She had reason to worry. By the end of election night, Nov. 2, Donnery led in Orange County by 320 votes. Calhoun has enjoyed decades of support in the Orange County portion of her district. Uncertainty about Calhoun's support in Orange County arose after she lost the support of Republican Frank Fornario, the Blooming Grove supervisor. Donnery still ended up ahead of Calhoun in Orange County by a total of 16,990 votes to Calhoun's 16,566.
But that was not enough to overcome Calhoun's substantial lead in Stony Point, in Rockland County.
The overall tally at the end of the day Wednesday was 19,460 votes for Calhoun and 18,919 for Donnery.
Heavily conservative Stony Point has traditionally been a roadblock for Calhoun's challengers, who have very little chance to make themselves known there. Donnery said newspaper coverage of her accomplishments as a 12-year Orange County legislator never reached Stony Point.
"Many had never heard of me," she said.
Despite her loss, Donnery took heart from the hard-fought campaign.
"I think it (the close race) was quite incredible if you think about what it's like to run against a 20-year-incumbent in an anti-Democratic year," she said.
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