Tea Partier Paladino defeats GOP stalwart Lazio

In the biggest contest it appears that Carl Paladino (Tea Party-affiliated) gubernatorial candidate appears heading to defeat establishment Republican Party candidate Rick Lazio. As of 10:41 PM, Paladino was leading over Lazio, 68% to 31%. (Source: WABC-TV)

We are still waiting to see which candidate comes out ahead in the Suffolk County Republican primary for the congressional district race. Different candidates are attempting to receive the Tea Party nomination. Candidates for the Republican nomination are Randy Altschuler, Chris Cox and George Cox.

**Senatorial nomination going to mainstream Townsend**
There have been two Republicans vying for the nomination of challenge U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (Democrat), Townsend and Berntsen. In contrast to the Paladino-Lazio race, Townsend has remained ahead of Tea Party-affiliated Berntsen.

City Council predictions

These are the city council predictions, with 9:59 returns, in races with at least 32% reporting, from WABC-TV:

LISTING ONLY UPSETS OR OPEN SEATS:

District 1: Chin, apparently upsetting incumbent Gershon.
4: Chandra (in the Republican primary)
10: Rodriquez
14: Cabrera, possibly upsetting incumbent Baez -BUT with room for reversal by
19: Kim
20: Chou (-close, with room for reversal by Jung)
23: Weprin
25: Dromm, upsetting incumbent Sears
29: Koslowitz (-close, with room for reversal by Shulman)
33: Levin
39: Lander
45: Williams, upsetting incumbent Stewart
49: Rose, upsetting incumbent Mitchell

Prediction for public advocate race

9:47 and we are predicting
Bill DeBlasio, closely followed by Mark Green, for the public advocate spot.

PUBLIC ADVOCATE, 9:47, 32 percent reporting
DeBlasio 32%
Green 31%
Gioa 17%
Siegel 13%
Syed 3%

Basically, almost unchanged, at 10:27, w/ 93 % reporting.

Live Blogging -now, the comptroller results

Again, we have WABC-TV'S website to thank for the up-to -the-minute results.

COMPTROLLER RESULTS 9:47 with 32 percent reporting.
I am predicting a John Liu victory, with a David Yassky in the second place.
Liu 38%
Yassky 29%
Katz 20%
Weprin 11%

Again, Liu and Yassky will face off for a final time, on September 29.

Basically, almost unchanged, at 10:27, w/ 93 percent reporting.