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Democrat Wins Velella's Bronx State Senate Seat
`One more step' to reverse GOP majority
By Christine Armario
Assemblyman Jeffrey Klein was elected to the State Senate last night, ending nearly four decades of Republican occupancy of the seat previously held by Sen. Guy Velella in the Bronx.

Artist James De La Vega Wages a Write-In Campaign for State Senate
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Candidate
By Elva Ramirez
James De La Vega said he would be happy with 10 votes.
“I know that we’ve changed the game,” he said on election night, as he anticipated losing his state senate bid. “And I know that the game has changed us. I’m disappointed in seeing how ugly the game is.”

Mendez Ends Longest Senate Career by a Puerto Rican
By Elva Ramirez
Two years ago, as a Democrat, Sen. Olga Mendez of East Harlem cruised into re-election with 95 percent of the vote. Last night, as a Republican, she lost the toughest race of her career.

Congressional Democrat Falls Short Despite Third Party Push
By Eliza Strickland
The latest lightweight third party of New York City politics, the Working Families Party, threw its weight behind Democratic challenger Frank Barbaro in the race for Staten Island’s congressional seat, but couldn’t push him to victory.

Homeless Find a Place in Voting Booths
By Emily Waltz
Armed with an identity card and proof of his address, 51-year-old Richard DiSalvo and a dozen of his fellow Bowery homeless shelter residents marched to the voting booth Tuesday.

Union Candidate Wins Big in First Bid for Office
In Staten Island, Savino scores victory for labor, women, State Senate Dems
By John Wihbey
Diane Savino may have been a rookie, but she had watched the game closely for a long time. A former political affairs official for the District Council 37 union, the fiery Savino dominated her first race for office, becoming the first woman elected from Staten Island to the State Senate.

Redistricting Lifts Serrano to Victory in State Senate
By Wale Fatade
Democratic City Councilman Jose Marco Serrano defeated State Senator Olga A. Mendez yesterday in a historic battle for the 28th Senate District, which includes neighborhoods in the South Bronx, East Harlem and Roosevelt Island.

First Asian American in the State Assembly
By Han Ou
For the first time in New York State’s legislative history, a Chinese American was elected to the State Assembly yesterday.

As voters go to polls, State Senate candidates still battling it out in Coney Island
By Karen Sloan and Zakir Hussain
NEW YORK, Nov. 2 – New York may not be considered a battleground state in the presidential election, but the Stillwell Avenue subway station in Coney Island was temporarily turned into a political war zone as commuters returned home Monday evening.

Serrano Ousts Mendez: 'You Will Suffer For This,' Warns Defeated Senator
By Alexandra Zabjek and Ben Whitford
The New York Democratic machine took its revenge yesterday on turncoat State Senator Olga Mendez, who lost her east Manhattan seat in a crushing defeat at the hands of Democratic City Councilman Jose Serrano, Jr.