Heavy voter turnout in region

NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA — As was the case in just about every region of the country, voter turnout here was heavy on November 4, with lines forming at some polling places that had never seen them before.

The results of the Presidential race in New York State were not a surprise. Most polls in the Empire State showed Senator Barrack Obama going into the race with a substantial lead. The average of state polls on RealClearPolitics.com on November 3 showed Obama ahead of McCain by 29 percent.

In Pennsylvania, the lead was smaller though still significant. The November 3 poll of polls showed Obama with a 7.3 percent lead, but that had tightened a bit from two weeks prior when the lead was closer to 10 percent.

Here are the unofficial results for various contested races with incumbents indicated by an asterisk.

Pennsylvania

President

Barack Obama D 54.6%

John McCain R 44.3%

Congress

10th District

*Chris Carney D 12,240

Chris Hackett R 10,787

189th District

*John Siptroth D 17,249

John Sivick R 9,978

New York

President

Barack Obama D 62.1%

John McCain R 36.7%

Congress

22nd District

*Maurice Hinchey D, I, WF 134,501

George Phillips R, C 68,747

Third Judicial District Judge

Anthony Carpinello R, I, C 131,170

Patrick McGrath D, WF 171,676

Bethel

Councilperson

Denise Frangipane D,C 993

Margaret Hazen R 422

*Ted Yeomans, LKT 312

Cochecton

Councilperson

*John Reggero D 306

Edwin Grund R 367

Delaware

Town Justice

Eric Nystrom D 566

Adrienne Ruggieri-Hoffer R 346

Councilperson

Jim Hughson D 466

Cindy Herbert R 473