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Elected as Democrat, state senator to join Republicans

Originally published: November 13, 2012 9:04 PM
Updated: November 13, 2012 9:57 PM
By YANCEY ROY  yancey.roy@newsday.com

ALBANY -- An incoming Brooklyn state senator, elected as a Democrat, said Tuesday that he'll join the Republican conference.

That means control of the state Senate could hinge on one upstate contest that's pending a recount.

Simcha Felder last week defeated Sen. David Storobin (R-Brooklyn) in a heavily Democratic yet conservative-leaning district. Felder had told a Brooklyn publication...

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