From Crain's Insider....
Unless state Sen. Craig Johnson makes an improbable comeback as absentee ballots are counted in Nassau County, Democratic state Senate candidates who ran without Working Families Party support will remain winless. Others who lost were Mike Kaplowitz of Westchester, Mary Wilmot of the Rochester area and Sen. Darrel Aubertine of the North Country. WFP-backed Democrats in contested Senate races were more successful on the whole. Dave Valesky of Syracuse won re-election, David Carlucci and Tony Avella ousted GOP incumbents in Rockland County and Queens, and Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer is ahead in her Westchester recount. Queens Sen. Joe Addabbo won with help from nearly 60,000 WFP door-knocks. Sen. Antoine Thompson of Buffalo is trailing, however, and Brian Foley of Suffolk County lost.
