Senate primary has GOP pondering turnout
Photo credit: AP | Attorney Wendy Long talks with supporters during the New York State Republican Convention in Rochester. (March 16, 2012)
Two months ago, a total of 190,518 votes were tallied in New York's Republican presidential primary, representing less than 7 percent of GOP enrollment statewide. Of course, that contest was academic; candidate Rick Santorum had quit two weeks earlier, assuring Mitt Romney would win the national nomination.
In contrast, Tuesday's U.S. Senate primary -- among attorney Wendy Long, Nassau Comptroller...
