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Simon says he has shot at winning Skelos' Senate seat

The jackpot prize for the political lottery in which Roy D. Simon Jr. holds a ticket surged three weeks ago when his electoral opponent Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) became Senate majority leader.

As huge an event as it would be for Democrat Simon - who's never run for office - to defeat one of Albany's three most powerful men, the odds against him are, of course, widely seen as enormous.

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