Politics
Charles Rangel lead narrows to 802 votes
Monday, July 2, 2012
Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY) speaks during a House Standards of Official Conduct (Ethics) Committee. PHOTO/Reuters
The vote margin in the Democratic primary between U.S. Representative Charles Rangel of New York and his top challenger, state Senator Adriano Espaillat, has narrowed to 2 percentage points.
Rangel has 802 more votes than Espaillat out of 40,810 cast by machine, with 2,152 absentee and affidavit ballots yet to be counted as of 3 p.m. today, said Valerie Vazquez, spokeswoman for the Board of Elections. Those paper ballots will be tallied July 5, Vazquez said. Absentee ballots continue to arrive by mail, and several affidavits, which stem from registration disputes at poll sites, may be invalidated, she said.
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