Pat Doxsey reports in the Daily Freeman a count of absentee and affidavit ballots by Ulster County elections officials in the 46th state Senate District race was ongoing Monday night, and will continue today. According to press accounts, Republican George Amedore was leading Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk (KAT-chik) by approximately 700 votes, with roughly 3,000 votes to be counted in Ulster. According to a Board of Elections official, ballots cast in the city of Kingston and the towns of Kingston, Lloyd, Hurley and Espopus were to be counted Monday. Ballots from Marbletown, Ulster, Saugerties and Woodstock were expected to be counted Tuesday. Read the full story in the Daily Freeman. Jimmy Vielkind reported early Mon., Nov. 26, at Capitol Confidential Democrats said there may not be a clear winner in the race until much later, after the county counts are complete. According to officials, roughly 400 ballots have already been set aside, and the margin between the two candidates could be less than that amount. Republicans remain optimistic that Amedore's lead will hold. The campaigns will be before Montgomery County Supreme Court Judge Guy Tomlinson, Thurs., Nov. 29, for a hearing on the disputed ballots. The new 46th Senate District includes all of Montgomery and Greene counties, and parts of Albany, Schenectady and Ulster counties. Read the full story at Capitol Confidential, a Timse Union blog.