Election 2009

Mangano leading in County Executive race

But thousands of paper ballots yet to count

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Ed Mangano, the GOP challenger to incumbent Tom Suozzi, was beating the Glen Cove Democrat by hundreds of votes, in a recount of machine tallies. More than 7,000 paper absentee, emergency and affidavit ballots must still be counted.

The contest could go either way.

John O'Connell