Steve Saland's primary lead nearly insurmountable, GOP says
Photo credit: Handout | Republican state Sen. Steve Saland, left, is being challenged by Neil DiCarlo.
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Incumbent state Sen. Steve Saland is the likely winner of his party's nomination after the latest absentee ballot counts gave him a near-insurmountable lead Friday, GOP officials said.
For Saland, a win would temporarily silence critics within his own party, who vowed to unseat him for joining New York Democrats by voting to legalize same-sex marriage in New York in 2011.
Saland was...
