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Peralta defeats Monserrate in Queens special election
A New York state senator expelled after a domestic violence conviction lost a long-shot bid to regain his Queens seat in a special election last night.
With 81 percent of the precincts reporting, Assemb. Jose Peralta (D-Corona) beat Hiram Monserrate with 66 percent of the vote. Monserrate had 27 percent.
Local Democratic officials had endorsed Peralta, and he had been 45 percentage points...
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