The New York State Board of Elections’ web page is reporting election returns, as various precincts report their results for the special elections of May 5. Here is the link. As of 9:15 p.m., only fragmentary results are in, but they suggest that the Republican nominee is winning the U.S. House race in the 11th district, and the Working Families Party is winning the Assembly race, 43rd district.
To see the 43rd Assembly results, use the box in the upper left corner that now defaults to the U.S. House race. In the 43rd race, the “LYP” Party stands for “Love Yourself Party.”
Diana Richardson of the WFP won the assembly seat: http://observer.com/2015/05/ny1-working-families-party-candidate-diana-richardson-wins-assembly-seat/
Well, while Lane got 1.3% of the vote, 1% being the total required for qualified party status in NY (compared to 5% here in IL, which is ridiculous), it’s still a bit disappointing. I was hoping he’d get 5-10% of the vote, especially after that one Democratic Party organization backed him instead of Gentile. Oh well, he made a good effort regardless.