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By Colin Campbell 5/31/12 4:40pm

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David Storobin Wins Epic State Senate Race

More than two months after the voters cast their ballots in the race to replace Carl Kruger in the State Senate has finally come to a close. The Republican candidate, David Storobin, has won.

“All the votes are in, disputed and otherwise. The count is fully over. David Storobin won by 16 votes,” Mr. Storobin’s campaign wrote on his Facebook page. ” The election will be officially certified on Tuesday at 1:30 pm, but there will be NO MORE counting. David Storobin is the new Senator!” Read More

By Colin Campbell 5/30/12 7:22am

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Lew Fidler and David Storobin

Team Storobin: So, Yeah, The Recount’s Over and We Won This Thing

After a brutal campaign and an even more brutal process of counting the absentee ballots, fending off a fraud lawsuit, and an automatic hand recount, Republican candidate David Storobin looks like he’s finally set to become a state senator with a margin far narrower than what almost everybody literally predicted.

The Storobin campaign’s unofficial count has their candidate up 14 with 8 disputed ballots after the recount basically finished last night. They said even the numbers belonging to the Democratic contender, Lew Fidler, had Mr. Storobin up 11 votes, so even if every contested ballot favored Mr. Fidler (which is not happening), there is no path left that does not lead to a Storobin victory. Read More

By Colin Campbell 5/28/12 2:32pm

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David Storobin on March 20th, when things seemed so much simpler. (Photo: Hunter Walker)

David Storobin Close to Victory

After a painfully elongated process, it seems the special election to replace corrupt State Senator Carl Kruger is almost over. The hand recount of the 20,000 ballots cast on March 20th should be finished in the next day or two and the Republican candidate, David Storobin, is close to securing a win with an extremely narrow margin.

According to multiple Republican tipsters, the unofficial tally has Mr. Storobin ahead by 24 votes, and unless something drastic happens that causes the counting of the final 25% or so of the ballots to shift towards his Democratic rival, Lew Fidler, Mr. Storobin could definitively declare victory before the month is over. Read More

By Colin Campbell 5/23/12 8:07am

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With The Recount 10% Over, No Net Change in Fidler/Storobin Race

Republican David Storobin is currently on track to become a New York State Senator in the epic, never-ending special election to replace corrupt Senator — and future inmate — Carl Kruger. The votes, cast March 20th, have all been counted, but an automatic hand recount of all 20,000 ballots was triggered due to the closeness of the end count — a lead by Mr. Storobin of 27 votes.

“So, they are 10% through with the first ever re canvass of paper ballots from the scanners,” the Democratic candidate, Lew Fidler, wrote on Facebook last night, noting, however, that there is still some hope as the new voting machines did show variances with the original count even though the net margin did not change. Read More

By Colin Campbell 5/08/12 5:04pm

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David Storobin on Election Day, March 20th. (Photo: Hunter Walker)

Court Rules in David Storobin’s Favor, Orders Contested Ballots to Be Counted

One of the biggest question marks hanging over an insanely close March 20th special election to the State Senate in southeastern Brooklyn was 100+ absentee ballots the Democratic candidate, Lew Fidler, alleged to have been collected fraudulently. Today, however, the judge overseeing the case ruled in favor of the Republican candidate David Storobin, who very well may now enter the automatic hand recount with a slight lead rather than the 87 vote deficit he ended last week with.

“However, based on the testimony of these witnesses, it cannot be said that [Storobin's campaign staffer] Ms. Pometko engaged in any fraudulent conduct,” the judge said in his ruling. “There was no evidence that she coerced or induced any of the witnesses to falsely apply for an absentee ballot. Nor was there evidence presented that Ms. Pometko made any false representations or threats to these voters in her efforts to procure an absentee ballot on their behalf.” Read More

By Colin Campbell 5/03/12 5:53pm

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Each ballot was shown to the respective sides' attorneys as they were tabulated.

Lew Fidler Surges to 87 Vote Lead as Fraud Lawsuit Looms in Court

“I’m just going to ask you point blank, because the Fidler campaign seems to believe–” Gene Berardelli, the lawyer for David Storobin, the Republican candidate in a still too-close-to-call March 20th State Senate special election, began to say in court earlier today as he interviewed one of Mr. Storobin’s staffers in an ongoing fraud lawsuit.

“Objection!” declared former State Senator Marty Connor, currently the lead lawyer for Democratic candidate Lew Fidler. The judge sided with Mr. Connor and asked for less editorializing in the question.

“During your time with the Storobin campaign, did you ever see anything fraudulent in the collection of absentee ballot applications?” he asked.

“Absolutely not,” the staffer, Liam McCabe, answered. Read More

By Colin Campbell 4/27/12 1:31pm

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Court Drama Heats Up in Fidler-Storobin Race

David Storobin, the Republican candidate in a March 20th State Senate special election, still leads by 3 votes over Democrat Lew Fidler. But that might change next week, depending on the ongoing legal proceedings.

The court battle between the two took another turn yesterday when the judge hearing the case announced he would hold one of Mr. Storobin’s campaign staffers in contempt unless she appeared as ordered. Read More

By Colin Campbell 7:43pm

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David Storobin (Photo: Facebook)

An Update From Team Storobin [Update]

The March 20th special election between Democrat Lew Fidler and Republican David Storobin continued to drag on this afternoon, as a judge heard, but did not rule on, Mr. Storobin’s motion to dismiss Mr. Fidler’s fraud lawsuit against a bit over a hundred of his absentee ballots. Mr. Storobin is currently holding on to a three-vote lead, so obviously this could prove critical in determining the ultimate winner of the Brooklyn State Senate seat. Read More

By Colin Campbell 4/10/12 8:44am

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Lew Fidler (Photo: Facebook)

Fidler Sees Multiple Reasons to Be Optimistic

Democratic State Senate candidate Lew Fidler is locked in a tight process of counting the final absentee and provisional votes from a March 20th special election, and over Facebook, he outlined both his specific path to victory and held out hope that the gerrymandered State Senate lines will still be thrown back to the drawing board. Currently, Mr. Fidler’s Republican opponent, David Storobin, leads by 3 votes.

First, Mr. Fidler articulated why he thinks he’ll ultimately be up in the count when the court opens all of the ballots not alleged to be fraudulent, a process that will begin with another hearing tomorrow. Read More