General News: Schumer Defeats Townsend in Senate Race
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| Jay Townsend voted at village hall on Tuesday. |
November 03, 2010
Jay Townsend of Cornwall-on-Hudson, a candidate of the Republican and Conservative Parties, lost his bid to replace U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer in Washington in the general election held on Tuesday. With 96% of the votes counted, Democrat Schumer held 65.5% of the vote to Townsend’s 32.9%.
In four upstate counties, however, Townsend held a majority of the votes – from 53.7% to Schumer’s 44.6% in Tioga County to 49.2% to Schumer’s 48.5% in Wyoming County. In Orange County, Townsend had 42.4% of the vote to Schumer’s 56.2%.
Townsend, who watched election returns on Tuesday night with Republic Party leaders at the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan, told News from Cornwall and Cornwall-on-Hudson on Tuesday that after the election he looked forward to getting some rest from the non-stop campaign trail.
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Our neighbor Jay ran a great campaign and was very effective in his debate with Schumer. Definitely time to take a rest, Jay!
posted by David Redden on 11/03/10 at 2:05 PM
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