Election 2020: Thousands Of Absentee Ballots Just Starting To Be Counted Could Decide Close Races Across New York

New York’s most powerful woman know that all too well. In 2004, absentees wiped out Andrew Stewart-Cousins’ lead. She lost her first state senate race by 18 votes. Stewart-Cousins told Aiello that accepting the loss with dignity helped her win two years later. “When people see that you’re not in a frenzy, that you’re not screaming at your opponent, you’re not tearing down the Board of Elections, it makes a difference because, at some point, it talks about your character,” she said.