Spin Cycle

Republican Attorney General candidate Jeanine Pirro may have lost statewide, but she edged out Andrew Cuomo in Suffolk.
Pirro topped Cuomo 49.25 percent to 48.8 percent countywide. Even Alan Hevesi, who became embroiled in a scandal over state employees driving his wife, did better than Cuomo, pulling 51.4 percent to GOP foe Chris Callaghan’s 44.9 percent.
Hillary Clinton, who six years ago lost Suffolk to former Rep. Rick Lazio (R-Brightwaters) 56 percent to 40 percent, not only won in Suffolk this year, but topped the hometown Lazio’s percentage this year with 59 percent of the vote to 39 for Republican John Spencer. Clinton did not lose a single Suffolk town.
In Nassau, Cuomo bested Pirro 53.2 percent to 45.2 percent; Hevesi drew 53.8 percent and Callaghan, 43.4 percent; and Clinton won with 60.3 percent to Spencer’s 38.4 percent. Six years ago Lazio beat Clinton in Nassau 52.3 percent to 44.2 percent.

Rick Brand