It looks as if Darrel Aubertine has won the special election for New York's 48th Senate district seat over Will Barclay. With almost all districts reporting in, Aubertine has a firm 2500-vote lead which is probably not going to suffer a challenge from uncounted absentee ballots.
If you haven't been following this "insignificant" state race, it has broad implications for the political future of America's third most populous state, as the Democrats now appear to be within ONE seat of controlling the state legislature for the first time in decades. In other words, this would be a huge win for Eliot Spitzer and a crushing (perhaps final) defeat for Joe Bruno.
More importantly, this election took place in one of New York's most rural Senate districts, where a heavy snowstorm did not faze a huge turnout of Democrats and independents who came out to vote for Aubertine.
You can read more coverage at The Albany Project or the Watertown Daily Times.