Wendy Long Projected Winner to Face Gillibrand in November Election

Manhattan lawyer Wendy Long is the projected winner in the three-way race to be the GOP candidate to face Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in November.

With 67 percent of the statewide GOP vote counted, Long had collected 55 percent of the vote, while Bob Turner's supporters accounted for 35 percent of the vote. Bringing up the rear was Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, with 10 percent.

Long is expected to be an underdog against Gillibrand, who, according to statewide polls, is far better known to voters. In the race for the newly drawn 19th Congressional District, where the winner will face Chris Gibson in the general election, Democratic congressional hopeful Julian Schreibman unofficially defeated rival Joel Tyner.

With machine votes from all counties in the district with the exception of Greene counted, Schreibman was ahead of Tyner, 5,444 to 3,931, or approximately 58 percent to 42 percent. However, in Otsego County, with all polling stations counted, Tyner topped Schreibman, 569 to 333.

In the new 22nd Congressional District, Richard Hanna won easily against challenger Michael Kicinski of Earlville.