ELECTION NIGHT 2016

FASO TIDE SINKS

TEACHOUT IN 19TH

With 647 of 687 precincts reporting in the 19th Congressional District, it appears John Faso will succeed his Kinderhook neighbor, U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, in the district that includes Otsego County.

As of a few minutes ago, Faso was leading Democrat Zephyr Teachout by 145,825 to 118,141, and word was the former Republican gubernatorial candidate in 2006 was preparing a victory speech.

Teachout, a Fordham law professor who moved from The Bronx to Dover Plains, in the district’s southeastern corner, was soundly beaten in Otsego County.  With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Faso had tallied 12,653 (56.94 percent) to Teachout’s 9,548 (42.97 percent).