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Judicial candidate in tough spot on ballot

Jerome C. Murphy, GOP candidate for State Supreme

Photo credit: Newsday/Karen Wiles Stabile | Jerome C. Murphy, GOP candidate for State Supreme Court. (Sept. 29, 2011)

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The political odd couple of former New York Mayor Ed Koch and Rep. Peter King showed up together in a television ad campaign last week touting a candidate in a highly unusual way -- citing his position on the Election Day ballot, B-10.

While it might sound like electoral bingo, what B-10 officially signifies is Row B, the horizontal Republican ballot line. The number 10 means that the candidate...

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