Thursday, November 14, 2013

Rematch in the 40th Senate District

Democrat Justin Wagner is taking another run at state Sen. Greg Ball, R-Patterson.

After narrowly losing to Ball last year,Wagner announced a second run in a press release this morning.

"If my campaign has a theme, it's reform," he said in a statement.

"To preserve our quality of life and keep our Hudson Valley communities affordable, we need some help from Albany," Wagner said. "Governor Cuomo has made tremendous headway, but we could do so much more with a pragmatic state Senate - not one that's paralyzed by petty politics. That's going to require leadership that's ready to put families, common sense, and our communities ahead of political extremism or opportunism."

Accompanying the announcement was the launch of a campaign website.

As of now, Wagner's bid won't be aided by any major changes in the district's voter enrollment. In fact, since last year, the Democratic enrollment edge over Republican voters has shrunk slightly.

There are currently about 198,500 voters in the district, with about 70,000 Democrats, almost 63,000 Republicans, about 4,000 Conservatives, about 10,000 Independence voters and more than 50,000 unaffiliated voters.

Despite the Democratic advantage last year and the benefit of national elections, Ball was able to win by about two percentage points. 

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