By Rick Pezzullo— State Senator Pete Harckham declared victory Tuesday in his re-election bid for a second two-year term representing the 40th District, which includes the Town of Mount Pleasant and Village of Sleepy Hollow. Harckham trailed Republican challenger Rob Astorino by more than 8,000 votes on Election night but slowly reduced the deficit after absentee ballots were counted in Putnam, Dutchess and Westchester counties. The absentee ballots in the race amounted to about 25% of the entire vote. Although […]
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