Here's the latest on the status of the NY 23 special election, in the aftermath of the "unconcession" of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman (see earlier post here):

Brian Mann of North Country Public Radio reports that, with partial results from Jefferson County already counted, the lead of Democrat Bill Owens, who is thought to have won the election (and who was sworn in on Nov. 6) is now down to 2,940 votes, down from 3,026. There are still some 5,570 absentee ballots yet to be counted.

Brian reports that "Hoffman is gaining slowly, but the erosion of Owens' lead through the day hasn't been anything rapid enough to change the outcome."

The counting continues.

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