As the night drones on and more and more day of votes are counted, the Gendebien lead has dwindled to one point, with a fair number of votes to come in.
Might be a nail biter…UPDATE Constantino has pulled ahead …
Nationally the outlook is more and more bleak for the GOP with House losses nearing forty and the Senate gone.
Fragmentary returns across NY21 suggest a good night for Democrats, especially Blake Gendebien, but at 922pm there is still a lot of day of to report……In NY 24 Alyssa Ellman is ahead of expectations…..
As more day of voting rolls in , Constantino is doing well in Lewis and Oneida counties bu Mr Gendebien smoking the mules n SLC and Clinton County where the local GOP committee actively opposed Constantino.
Statewide Governor Hochul is up by 25 points….
As expected Kathy Hochul an easy winner over Bruce Blakeman……..Other races are goi g blue around the country…
Looks like,Ohio, Texas and Michigan are blue….
The GOP seems to have held the Governor and Senate seats in Florida, as well as seats in KY and WV
…Kansas looks like goner…..so does SC…And the House is gone…..Blue wave ? Likely, but short of a tsunami so far…..Still both houses appear gone.
No $5,000 checks coming.
By 7:30 it looks like Dems are doing well including in Florida, Georgia and elsewhere….House looks like a goner, and the Senate very precarious.
In our area turnout is brisk…
Meanwhile the President was in a rage over Fox coverage.…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16263679/Trump-unloads-Fox-News-profanity-laced-tirade.html
Voting is brisk for a. Midterm……Insiders peg the Constantino margin at 6 points based on polling and turnout models…That’s what I had predicted.
Arts Jug pizza here at 7pm. TVs tuned to FOX,Spectrum, WWNY, Newsmax, CNN, MS Now….
Pleased to announce again this year the entire Pearl Street Pub has voted…..
And I see Mayor Mamdani shaved off his beard, so maybe I can vote for him now…Not likely but one less impediment.
As,of 1130am. 1394 had voted in the City and 7723 countywide, not including all the early and absentee. Busiest polling place in the City is Stone Church at 330….Sacred Heart 301, Nazarene at 280, St Anthony’s at 206, Midtown at 96 and Trinity at 81.
Thanks to Commisioner Ladd for help in providing numbers.
In a sign her ambitions in 2028 may be limited to NY's Senate sear, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez showed up on Sunday in a Bills jersey at a Queens bar accompanied by the Governor and Mayor.....Governor Hochul was in a Bills shirt, Mayor Mamdani a suit.
Clearly Buffalo is further away than the Giants or Jets, but AOC need upstate street cred....
I would suggest a four wheeler ride from Tuggers to the Hook and Ladder to seal the deal.
I think I'll have Bobby stop by to make sure my refrigeration is isolated from Internet hackers....We are maintaining a 90 day supply of beer and liquor at the request of Secretary Hegseth.....
As an essential nexus for intoxication, we take the government warning seriously, and stand by our neighbors at Fort Drum.
Betrayal...traitor...scum, despicable....all these words and more Dem leaders and their media acolytes have trotted out for Rep. Haley Stevens after she decided enough was enough with the Muslim Brotherhood. She public announced she was not voting for Abdul Sayed and would vote for Mike Rogers.
Some advised her to hire security.... Especially despicable was Chuck Schumer calling her despicable given his own alleged faith.
In the end, no one changes their vote based on someone's endorsement, so the best party response would be no response..,
I didn't see Judas, Brutus or Benedict Arnold mentioned, but give it time.
https://www.ms.now/news/haley-stevens-mike-rogers-endorsement-betrayal-michigan
Name calling in politics is nothing new but should a sitting Vice President have called Democratic Congressional candidate Blake Gendebien and "asshole" and a "lunatic".....
I say no to the coarse language in a public speech broadcast to the world.
But in a world where kids drop F bombs in the classroom and in front of their parents, anything seems to go.
Council discussed a Black River trail proposal last night…A trail at least two members say the city cannot afford….but it involves getting a grant, even though it’s not known who would walk on the trail.
One Council member expressed concern over legal bills and the next Mayor praised the police chief.
Polls are open at 6AM and for insiders it’s not a question of who wins the Governors race….Its finishing third..
Andrew Cuomo effectively eliminated minor party options for true non major candidates, but under our system of fusion voting the Conservative and Working Families parties still exist and their line on the ballot for four years depends on how many votes Hochul gets on the D line or Blakeman on the C Line.
Most people don’t understand or care about this nuance of NY elections, but for those who the “me too” parties are a source of patronage, keeping that line is important.
So while your choices for office are limited you can help preserve the me too parties by voting for Governor on those lines..
https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/article/ny-governor-election-working-families-vs-22501614.php
Many attacks on Blake Gendebien in Rome today with the VP calling him an asshole according to two people attending. Called him a socialist and a lunatic too.
Roger Stone was there as was Don Trump Jr. and the Secretary of Energy….
Early voting soared across the state to about two million. Some 4500 were in Jefferson County and out,east over 30k votes early in Saratoga County ,part of which is in NY21…..in the five boroughs nearly 700K voted early….
Four years ago about six million voted in total.
On election night you are welcome at the Pearl Street Pub where the political cognoscenti gather.
Our most visible TV will be on Spectrum as they have the best regional coverage…Other TVs will be on FOX, CNN, WWNY, and two TBD.
Republicans will be at the Italian American Club….Council Member Osborne has a house party by invitation….Not aware of anything else. I assume the NY21 candidates are in Amsterdam and Lisbon.
As for open bar, stay at home.
A Jewish female influencer was attacked at a free speech event at the University of Michigan......Totally justified some of our readers will chirp.
Homeless ? Or just a way to move a hopelessly vacant building on to demolition....The former Derouins Plumbing store on Mill Street caught fire overnight...
Another Hochul tax but Bills fans gladly pay it....A 6% levy on tickets, concessions, parking and merchandise bought at the new Highmark Stadium in Erie County.
The Bills are winning, so what's an extra 6% ?
We will have eyes on the VP today as Russ Finley will be in the section behind JD Vance at the former Griffins AFB in Rome, NY.....The rally for upstate GOP candidates, including Anthony Constantino begins mid morning before Mr. Vance heads to Ohio to try and salvage the Senator with the nice ass.
Early voting is over and in the Big County and over six thousand voted over nine days. That’s about one fifth the number who likely will vote. Likely a similar turnout here as well….Mayor McDougall reports 44% of those early birds,were Dems and 31% GOP…..Read into it what you will.
Polls open at 6am Tuesday….
We have a commenter obsessed with a $28,000 check. And feels I should comment on it ….Nobody cares but there you go, I mentioned it for you.
Democrats are quick to condemn Rep Haley Stevens endorsement of Mike Roger’s for Senate…She is officially a pariah and her staff all quit hoping to preserve their prospects for continued patronage jobs.
Ending the campaign with this and the Alaska scandal isn’t a good look but likely will not have much impact…It’s is entertaining to watch the Debbie Dingles scramble to stay on Sayed’s good side.
Interesting so far is the absence of Big Gretch…
Meanwhile Danny has called Rep. Stevens a scum bag traitor and suggests she got paid for the backing.
Governor Partaki beat three term incumbent Mario Cuomo in a race that surprised in 1994...He says Bruce Blakeman could do the same....That's a stretch...The GOP was stronger statewide back then...And Blakeman has run a particularly bad campaign.
Just like with Mario Cuomo, there is disdain for the incumbent, but dislike for Kathy Hochul is not enough. And this is a tough climate for the GOP nationally. In 1994, the GOP took control of Congress in those Clinton midterms. Not so this year.
Governor Pataki ended up serving three terms. I believe Blakeman is on the verge of losing his third statewide race.
Was reading a Facebook post from a local gin mill looking for a bartender. I would suggest going to the business in person and not saying, hey, yooz guys hiring?
Among the posts were:
-Hi, I got some time.....
Really, that's nice of you.
-By chance do you hire an 18 year old college student, My daughter needs a job."
Hmmmm, Well, Mom, your daughter should inquire and if she is able to convince that she can enforce the law and control people at that age, sometimes it works out....Generally, someone that age is too risky, but there are exceptions.
-What day, times and pay ?
Get off your ass and go ask. Bosses want people who make their job easier not people with endless schedule issues or who think they should be paid more.
Have references ready and their phone numbers along with previous employers.
Just some advice....
Can a good Democrat, riddled with TDS and coveting power possibly vote to give away the Michigan Senate seat and possible control of the body ?
Danny, Ron, Jon....all of you....You stick with your candidates no matter how repulsive because in the end, it's about Trump, the most repulsive of all. As for the Jews and the blacks....They don't stray either.
Clyburn, and Senator Alsobrooks of Maryland are with Sayad in front of a church....He said he doesn't want to answer questions about the Stevens endorsement....He talked over reporters and they obliged.
"None of this matters, " the Doctor said.
Rep. Haley Stevens bolted her party and publicly endorsed Mike Rogers for US Senate. Courageous move. They are trashing her on CNN.
Rep. Haley Stevens appeared in a Detroit church this morning with GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers.
All the Democratic Party has done for her and she is now a traitor. Don't worry Abdul, the blacks and the Jews will fall in line....
Actually for Rep., Stevens to put aside the phony adherence to party orthodoxy is admirable but to the LifeSaver Mayor and Danny this is heresy
Media must tamp this story down.
Now Russ thinks Ms Stevens wouldn't do this unless she had a wink and a nod from Schumer and company.....
The fact Bruce Blakeman isn't here today two days before the election isn't the big deal...The bigger deal is that in all the months past he didn't have a campaign bus with him and his LG on it touring the upstate areas....In other words, Bruce should have seen Watertown, the Thousand Islands, the Seaway, Fort Drum and things like Corning Glass and CIVES Steel over July and August.
By the way, where is his running mate...Can you name her ?
Another beautiful fall day today....Will any of you take ten minutes to vote for Bruce....How about if your sitting on a barstool in Depauville...Polls are 100 yards away...naah I'll go to the rest room instead.
Customers may still flock to malls during the holidays but in Plattsburgh the local mall uses license plate readers to better "understand" their customer base.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/mall-says-license-plate-readers-035900620.html
Here's a homeless man arrested for driving a vehicle and blowing a .47..... The homeless have cars ? Welcome to NY.
The Times editorial board has come out of hiding to back Democrat Blake Gendebien in NY 21.....In the days of daily editorials on local matters, what the Times had to say carried some weight...But I don't know about this driveway interjection into politics.
Former Patriots coach Bill Belichik and his fetching and much younger girlfriend have called it quits...
Jordon Hudson has moved on to dating someone else.
Many were appalled at the May-December romance, cringing at the old , wrinkled body in the same bed as the former cheerleader and hard body temptress.
The other argument on the City's legal bills is that its' a cost of doing business . Like heating the building or toilet paper in the rest rooms.
There was a lot spent trying to humiliate and remove Council Members and. they surely paid for advice on the Trooper takeover meeting. Of course there was negotiating the terms of surrender for the speed bump.....
And you can bet Dr. Larry spends a lot more on legal....
What's interesting is the Council detachment from the issue....Shouldn't they have been aware the lawyer numbers were far above what they authorized ? By the way true transparency means you shouldn't have to fight to get the "numbers".
With 50M votes already cast, early voting continues today and tomorrow from 9-5....Here its at the County Building on Arsenal Street and at the Depauville Fire Hall.
Looks like good weather, so why not venture to Depauville, vote and have a bite and brew at the Depauville Hotel next door....
Tuesday is regular voting day and polls are open 6AM to 9PM...
The City did send out a list of precautions for Halloween. We concur motorists should be careful, children should be escorted and treats should be checked.
And cap it all off by turning the clocks back tonight, as the period of darkness and misery begins.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1791198763005740&set=pb.100063469000141.-2207520000&type=3
Council will find out this morning how much they spend on lawyers when they pick up the paper....The Times reports Bond and Harris Beach billed for over $700K this year, exceeding the budget amount by over a quarter million dollars....
Now we know why we can't have a Christmas Parade.
It was not an easy get for Craig Fox at the Times....They fought his FOI requests as the Cone of Silence sits firmly over the Third Floor.
Look for another big beautiful bill from Rochester over the golf contract and the home rule issue....
Can we get this guy out of there before there's nothing left?
Elise,Stefanik is on Life, Liberty and,Levin tonight……Be a good interview for the local political,reporters to watch. Might be some news for Sunday.
Of course the Mayor will get his tax hikes next year once the Governor is safely reelected…..That’s,how,it,should,be Tax those,corporations and billionaires.
Rep. Haley Stevens is being disloyal and has been banned from being near the Sayed campaign….Lucky her.
This is the Democratic Party anxious over “the blacks” and whether they stay loyal…They even parachuted Rep James Clyburn into Detroit to tell the blacks how to vote…How,patronizing all of this is? And watch the reflexive comments come in…ESAD OM…you’re racist…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/30/el-sayed-stevens-senate-race-fight-01144423
Poor old Haley Stevens looked like the reluctant bride at an arranged wedding when she agreed to,stand with Abdul for the party this weekend….She wanted an apology for things the Muslim said about Israel and Dr. Sayad told her to take a hike….
He. Doesn’t need her to get Jews or the blacks voting for the Dem nominee in sufficient numbers…Both groups,hate Trump and will deliver enough votes.
The T shirt clad Sayad has the youngins’ and the ladies plus all the Muslims……
He wins, Hamilton wins KS, the Doc wins SC……Add Ohio, TX and AK and it’s over.
Minnesota votes for the nut, but Collins likely holds Maine….
Bruce Blakeman is hitting Jamaica, Queens and Ozone Park, also in Queens on Sunday…. Better there than Faichney Drive.
Whatever margin Blakeman has in Jefferson County will be nixed by the Hochul margin in Jamaica and Ozone Park.
Pope Leo has requested an absentee ballot from Illinois where he is still registered. Does he need to present ID ?
Conventional wisdom is NY 21 is GOP leaning and that's generally true, but what of the pockets of resistance in the GOP to Anthony Constantino ?
Start with former primary foe Robert Smullen, who is said to be working veterans groups on behalf of Blake Gendebien. Then there are local GOP committees in Clinton and Essex Counties said to be working against their party's nominee...In fact we hear State Senator Dan Stec was not allowed at a Clinton County GOP dinner due to he his support of the Mule after the primary.
There are the remnants of members who sank Doug Hoffman in 2009 and other mild Republicans like former Ogdensburg Mayor Bill Nelson who is actively supporting Mr. Gendebien.
Lack of hegemony in the GOP is problematic as Democrats stick together no matter what...and the national mood is toxic for the GOP....And don't forget the top of the ticket in NY is a big drag on down ballot contenders.
I think there's still enough juice in the layout of the district for Constantino to win but nobody thinks it will be a cakewalk....
One caveat to those in the GOP who say, let him go down and we will take the seat back in two years....It doesn't work that way...There is no one with the cash to compete and by 2028 a Rep. Gendebien will be laden with cash and tough to beat.
As the improbable campaign of the Sticker Mule comes to an end, it seems like Anthony Constantino has the edge to succeed Elise Stefanik in NY 21 although the incumbent has shown little interest publicly in the race, not endorsing or campaigning for her possible successor.
It's not just being busy with family, it's that Stefanik was stung by GOP politics...first with the inability to nominate someone for a special so she could move on to the United Nations as planned....She endured that and then agreed to run for Governor, a risky move politically but a good look for the party against a marginally popular incumbent...,, That rug was pull when President Trump essentially backed his buddy Bruce Blakeman setting up an expensive and divisive primary. She got the last laugh on that matter as Blakeman has proven a lame candidate headed to a loss.
Good news is she leaves 2026 with her dozen years in Congress and no losses....Certainly leaves the door open
So now I hear the Vance rally is in Rome Monday morning, and that’s likely part of the reason Blakeman cancelled here. As for helping Constantino, not sure it does much as the President was recently in Syracuse, and the race is just about over. Who knows it could change again…
A $5,000 Halloween costume prize? That’s the latest thing posted on line….Hard to believe it’s worth that kind of money…..Whoever wins will be happy….Runners up not so much.
The Blakeman rally set for Sunday in Watertown is cancelled….Likely because he is going to lose two days later and frankly there was no way to get a visually moving event in a town not that politically active… It was also on a Sunday afternoon , a venue not good for a rally and a hard to enthuse local GOP.
This also could be related to the possibile Vance Rally , Mr Blakeman would likely attend.
Mary Peltola says The NY Times is just trying to sell papers with its bombshell report on the ballot scam in AK......
She also calls it just a distraction...
On another matter, totals this morning from the Jefferson BOE show 2668 people have voted early at the sites in Watertown and Depauville.... Most of those at the County Building.
Of those early voters, 1066 are Dems and 1017 are GOP with a few hundred other or no party.
Among mail in absentees, 2859 ballots were sent out and 1795 have been returned
So about 4500 have voted already in Jefferson County and Commissioner Ladd expects a healthy turnout through the weekend.
And because one person cares, the TV lineup this morning is Spectrum News, WWNY, FOX News, CNBC, NBC Watertown and CNN.
To those who say why do I print this bullshit...the answer is don't read it.
