Waiting Game for the Candidates in the State Senate Race

It looks like we may not know the winner of the race for the 37th District State Senate seat until after Thanksgiving. As of this morning, 80,328 votes have been counted and incumbent Senator Suzi Oppenheimer leads challenger Bob Cohen by just 466 votes.

However, two districts remain uncounted as well as a reported 7,000 absentee, military, emergency and affidavit ballots.

According to an email from the Cohen campaign, a judge has “set the schedule” for the counting of the remaining ballots. The count for the emergency ballots will start on November 12, with the count of the absentee and military ballots set to begin on November 19. Still later, the affidavit ballots will be counted, at a yet to be determined date.

Why the delay? As soon as we know, we’ll pass the information on to you.