A Close Race

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In less than 24 hours the 48th district will vote on a new state senator. Both candidates are out campaigning today in a final attempt to get votes.

Aubertine started his day in Pulaski and then headed to Watertown and finally Canton. Barclay was at Watertown's Public Square and then stopped at a few diners in the district.

Democrat Darryl Aubertine and Republican Will Barclay are competing to replace Republican Senator Jim Wright. With only a day to go-- there's no indication who will win tomorrow.

At the Home Town Diner in Pulaski today, voters are still talking about both candidates and the issues. The race for the for the 48th district senate seat is expected to be close-- it even has two family members divided. Molly Yerdon says Aubertine will win by a slim margin, but Mary Yerdon is supporting Barclay.

These women are sister-in-laws and best friends-- but Molly always votes Democrat and Mary only supports Republicans. Molly wants to see changes made in education and health care-- while Mary's main concern is keeping the senate Republican. Mary and Molly disagree on the issues-- they both say this campaign has been expensive and negative.

Molly says, "I think everybody agrees the commercials on TV especially, we get two or three pieces of mail from eahc candidate almost every day."

Mary adds, "It's not very nice at times."

The question is: how does a staunch Republican and a Democrat stay friends during such a major election?

Both women agreed on a truce. They are not going to talk about the election.

Tomorrow-- Molly and Mary will be casting votes for opposing parties. But they say no matter who wins they'll stay friends and keep meeting for breakfast everyday at the diner.