First, the bad news…. My write-in candidacies seem to have failed (though I’m still holding out hope I can get the Toronto Mayor gig that might be opening up soon). On the bright side, Democrat Mary Jo what’s her name defeated Republican incumbent Dan somebody to win out Town Supervisor race. In fact, it was Ladies Night across Upstate New York, as Rochester elected its first woman mayor, Syracuse re-elected its woman mayor, and Albany also elected a woman as mayor. Fitting, as yesterday was the anniversary of Susan B. Anthony walking into a polling station in Rochester back in 1872 and casting a ballot (which of course was illegal and got her arrested). No woman in NYC, but at least they elected a Democrat (and one with a sun who has a rather impressive Afro).

In other results nobody not from NY cares about, Casinos passed but age extensions for Judges didn’t. One of the land swap deals passed, but I can’t find any info about the other one to the mining company yet, so I hope it failed. So far I see no results for the other propositions either. Must have been too close to call.

I’ll be sure and keep y’all in the loop.

Outside NY, it’s legal to smoke pot in Portland ME now (other than those pesky state and federal laws), and everybody’s favorite Syracusan Terry McAuliffe was elected governor of Virginia, beating Tea Party darling Ken Cuccinelli (or, as his former boss Bill Clinton might have put it, he really “stuck it to the Cooch”). Oh, and Chris Christie won, but we already know that was gonna happen.

Well, time to get back to getting ready to seize the day.