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(94,737 posts) Wed Nov 4, 2015, 12:35 AM Nov 2015

McMahon Declared Winner in Race for Staten Island DA

Source: NY1

NY1 has declared Democrat Michael McMahon the winner in the race for Staten Island district attorney over Republican Joan Illuzzi.

With 80 percent of precincts reporting as of 10:55 p.m. Tuesday, McMahon has 55 percent of the vote to Illuzzi's 45 percent.

Illuzzi is a former Manhattan prosecutor. McMahon is a former Congressman and City Councilman.

Didn't expect this to happen.

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McMahon Declared Winner in Race for Staten Island DA (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2015 OP

Low turnout elections have unusual results. Dawson Leery Nov 2015 #1

Is Staten Island really racist as it seems? NYCButterfinger Nov 2015 #3

Yes iandhr Nov 2015 #4

Why? CreekDog Nov 2015 #2

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)

1. Low turnout elections have unusual results.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2015, 12:41 AM

Nov 2015

Staten Island is as racist as it gets. I would have expected a hard liner GOP candidate to cruise to victory.

NYCButterfinger

(755 posts)

3. Is Staten Island really racist as it seems?

Reply to Dawson Leery (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 4, 2015, 01:10 AM

Nov 2015

Some people I know say no, some say it is. It's a blue collar Irish/Italian borough. Giuliani won there in 1989, 1993, and 1997. Eltingville is a very conservative neighborhood, South Shore. Staten Island hates De Blasio. They voted for Lhota.

iandhr

(6,852 posts)

4. Yes

Reply to NYCButterfinger (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 4, 2015, 01:13 AM

Nov 2015

Absolutely.

CreekDog

(46,192 posts)

2. Why?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2015, 01:00 AM

Nov 2015

Richmond County registration statistics:

Democratic (45.5%): up about 1 percent since 2005
130,089
Republican (28.3%): down about 2 percent since 2005
81,047
Other (26.1%):
74,589
Total:
285,725

http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_nov15.pdf

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