Now Murphy by Just 25?

ALBANY—Jim Tedisco is closing the gap, his people say, and the Assembly minority leader now trails by 25 votes.

I was on the phone with aide Bill Sherman, when I heard cheers coming from behind him at the Republican State Committee headquarters on State Street. People involved with Tedisco's congressional bid have gathered there.

"Somebody had the wrong number in Columbia County when they gave the number over the phone last night," he said. The new latest tally for the county is 6,560 for Tedisco; 8,449 for Democrat Scott Murphy.

The new overall tally, according to Sherman, is 77,217 for Murphy and 77,192 for Tedisco.

Bob Brehm, a spokesman for the board of elections, said he wasn't aware of the shift but "generally we're checking the numbers that we received last night to se that they're correct."

A spokesman for Murphy said he hadn't heard of the shift.

County boards of elections are automatically re-canvassing voting machines, and will bring updated numbers to court next week, Brehm said. Absentee ballots are impounded until then.