Recount begins in close LI Assembly race
Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan; David Pokress, 2012 | GOP Assemb. Dean Murray, right. has conceded the race for the 3rd District seat to Edward Hennessey, left.
Nassau and Suffolk elections officials began recanvassing ballots Wednesday including Long Island's tightest race, where GOP Assemb. Dean Murray's 36-vote election night lead over former Brookhaven Town board member Edward Hennessey, budged, but just barely.
Before the recanvassing for the 3rd Assembly District even started, Hennessey narrowed Murray's election night lead to 28 votes because...
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