Absentee Ballots Not Yet Counted, Saland Ahead by 42 Votes in GOP Primary
The outcome of the Republican primary for the 41stState Senate District is still unknown with hundreds of absentee ballots still yet to be counted, but unofficial results from the polls in Tuesday’s primary had incumbent Senator Steve Saland a few dozen votes ahead of challenger Neil DiCarlo.
According to unofficial results for Thursday’s Republican primary posted to the Putnam and Dutchess Counties Boards of Election websites, Saland beat out his opponent, Southeast resident Neil DiCarlo, by only 42 votes, out of a total of 9,896 cast in the primary in both Putnam and Dutchess Counties on Tuesday.
Saland has been a state senator for 22 years and served the previous 10 years in the state assembly.
Last year, Saland cast the deciding vote to legalize same sex marriage in New York State, which was followed by a primary challenge from Brewster resident DiCarlo, who is the chief compliance officer for a Wall Street firm.
After all of the votes are counted, the Republican primary winner will face Democrat Terry Gipson in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Gipson lives in Rhinebeck where he serves on the village board and also is a small business owner.
In addition, there will be a Conservative Party candidate on the ballot in November, but who that is will not be officially determined until the end of next week when the write-in votes from Tuesday’s primary are counted, according to the Putnam County Board of Elections.
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