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Westchester, the parallel universe: A glimpse at a Dem's loss

Wednesday November 11, 2009 7:24 PM By Dan Janison

From Nassau's parallel demographic universe in Westchester, where the suburban taxes are also high, take a look at this post-mortem on County Executive Andy Spano's loss and compare to the local results that are looking very strong thus far for Republican Legis. Ed Mangano. ...

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