Randy Altschuler Takes Lead for Congress (NY-1),

Accurate Count by Board of Elections Shows 393 Vote Lead Randy Altschuler, the Republican/Conservative candidate for Congress (NY-1), assumed the lead Friday evening in the hotly contested 1st Congressional District race.

Altschuler leads after the Suffolk County Board of Elections (B.O.E.) examined the voting machines upon their return to the Board of Elections' warehouse. The B.O.E reversed an approximately 3,400 vote deficit that was incorrectly reported shortly after the polls closed on Tuesday night. The new and accurate count puts Altschuler 393 votes ahead of four term incumbent Democrat Congressman Tim Bishop. Nearly 10,000 absentee ballots have been returned and remain to be counted.

Randy Altschuler said, "On Election Night, I told my supporters that this race was too close to call and that we were in the race until every vote was accurately counted. We were right! We are working closely with the National Republican Congressional Committee to guarantee that we have the resources needed to ensure that every vote is accurately and fairly counted. The voters of New York's 1st Congressional District deserve nothing less." # # #

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