Buerkle in 1st Place at Finish of Vote Tally

With all votes now counted in the 25th Congressional District except for 240 challenged absentee ballots, mostly from Republican voters, Ann Marie Buerkle has finished first, 567 votes ahead of incumbent Democrat Dan Maffei.   Details at the Syracuse Post-Standard.

Maffei has lost unless he demands a manual recount of all ballots and the recount reverses Buerkle's winning margin.