TPM, as expected, will have up-to-the-minute results from today’s special election in NY-20, the seat vacated due to the appointment of Kirsten Gillibrand to the Senate. The New York Times today reported, in a lengthy piece from Adam Nagourney, on how “special elections tend to get more attention and analysis than they deserve.”
I, meanwhile, am recovering from a 10-day trip out of Ohio and through 10 other states and one District (via car, train and/or foot) — CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA and WV — and will be back tomorrow.
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Chris Geidner is the award-winning senior political editor at D.C.'s Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, The American Prospect, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications, as well as at his blog, Law Dork. In 2011, he received the Excellence in News Writing Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his coverage of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal. Prior to moving to D.C. in 2009, he served as an attorney on the senior staff at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and had earlier worked for a leading Columbus law firm. An extended biography can be found