aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Monday, February 28, 2005

The tie

From the New York Times last week, via FreeRepublic.com. Nick Spano, who I knew some from my time working in Westchester County, won his Republican New York State Senate seat by 18 votes.

But he also achieved a more curious distinction: He broke a nationwide dead heat in state legislative seats. Counting Mr. Spano, the 2004 election made the count 3,657 Republicans and 3,656 Democrats; before last November, Republicans led by 64 seats. [my emphasis]

Yes, it’s winner take all, but we are in a tie. Democrats can win and take all without selling their souls (or abandoning gays), locally and nationally. Despite Howard Dean’s early missteps.