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Bishop remains present because of absentees

December 11, 2010 9:34 PM By RICK BRAND rick.brand@newsday.com

FILE - Rep. Tim Bishop speaks at the

Photo credit: Getty Images | FILE - Rep. Tim Bishop speaks at the Allstate 'X the TXT' press conference in Washington, DC. (April 27, 2010)

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Back in September, Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer said national Democratic operatives came in and tried to persuade Rep. Tim Bishop's campaign to move $22,000 aimed at targeting absentee voters into more TV ads.

"We stood our ground," Schaffer recalled.

And when the official tally was certified Friday, the absentees were the difference in the four-term Democrat's razor-thin...

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