POUGHKEEPSIE—Today is the first court appearance of the campaigns of Assemblyman Jim Tedisco and Democratic Scott Murphy, where they will begin haggling over the 10,000 absentee ballots cast in the race to replace Kirsten Gillibrand, which ended with the men separated by mere dozens of votes.
The Republican State Committee filed an injunction in Supreme Court here in Dutchess County that prevented the counting of all paper ballots in the race until lawyers can agree upon which ballots to count. The Republican side will be represented by John Ciampoli. The Democratic team will be led by Henry Berger. The two have met in court several times before.
