While Senator Oppenheimer finally won her race, Democrats still lost control of the chamber, and Tom Roach was ultimately unsuccessful in his recount.

In other news, Tom Abinanti’s victory in the 92nd Assembly District does mean there will be a Special Election early next year for his County Legislative seat.

While Democrats successfully held all 3 statewide offices, control of the State Senate hangs in the balance. With several Senate races too close to call, including Suzi Oppenheimer here in Westchester, it may be quite some time before we know. The results in Tom Roach’s race in the 89th Assembly District also remain close. Democrats also maintained control of the US Senate, while losing the House.

Today is Election Day! Polls are open 6am-9pm — don’t forget to vote!

This weekend we will be canvassing for Senator Suzi Oppenheimer and WYD’s own Jared Rice in New Rochelle. Let’s get together and show what Young Dems can do!

Congratulations to all the Democratic primary victors! We can now focus on getting ALL our Democrats elected in November, from Andrew Cuomo on down. We have some very serious races in Westchester County this year, and we can’t win them without your help! Congressman John Hall is in a tight race in northern Westchester, while County Legislator Mike Kaplowitz is taking on a Tea Partier in an open seat race for the State Senate. Meanwhile, in lower Westchester, Senators Suzi Oppenheimer and Andrea Stewart-Cousins are running for re-election. Holding these two seats while getting Mike Kaplowitz elected is vitally important for maintaining a Democratic majority in the State Senate. Please contact us to get involved in any of these campaigns.

And saving the best for last — one of our Board members, Jared Rice, is running for City Council in New Rochelle!

Tomorrow is Primary Day — don’t forget to vote! Wherever you live in the county, you can vote for Attorney-General, and in many areas you also have primaries for Assembly and/or local races too!

Next weekend, we will be knocking on doors in Cortlandt for our state and federal Democratic candidates. Come and lend a hand!

With petitions behind us, we can now focus our attention on the races this fall. There are competitive primaries throughout the county and state, including Attorney-General, several Assembly races, and a City Court race in Yonkers. It should prove to be a very active summer, so contact WYD to help get plugged in!

Come on by for our General Meeting tomorrow as Brendan Tully, candidate for the 99th Assembly District, speaks to us. Most importantly, this Saturday we will be doing a GOTV canvass for Greg Varian who is running in the 10th County Legislative District Special Election. As we saw earlier this year, turnout is key, so please come out and help us get Greg elected!

Longtime County Legislator Vito Pinto has stepped down to join the Astorino administration, thus paving way for a Special Election to decide his successor. WYD expects to be on the front lines of this race, so contact us now to get involved!