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Challenger Rain wins hard-fought DA contest 9,808-9,113; Wood, Crosby victorious in coroner race; Putman gets legislature seat back

Posted 11/5/13

Updated 11:14 p.m. After a hard-fought campaign, Republican Mary Rain has won the race for St. Lawrence County District Attorney by more than 700 votes. Rain received 9,808 votes Tuesday, beating …

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Challenger Rain wins hard-fought DA contest 9,808-9,113; Wood, Crosby victorious in coroner race; Putman gets legislature seat back

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Updated 11:14 p.m.

After a hard-fought campaign, Republican Mary Rain has won the race for St. Lawrence County District Attorney by more than 700 votes.

Rain received 9,808 votes Tuesday, beating incumbent Democrat Nicole Duve, who received 9,113, according to unofficial results from the St. Lawrence County Board of Elections.

In a three-way race for two county coroner seats, incumbent Republican June H. Wood and fellow Republican Kevin J. Crosby won, with 11,341 votes and 9,945 votes, respectively. Democrat Eric Warner came in third with 7,876.

And in the St. Lawrence County Legislature District 9 in Canton, Democrat Stephen M. Putman regained his seat, with 623 votes, compared with 408 for his Republican challenger, William Fobare. Putman resigned his legislature seat earlier this year in order to combine his state retirement money with the retirement money from his job and then was reappointed to the District 9 seat. He is now running to regain his seat for the last year of his term.

Duvé conducted a low-key campaign while continuing to work as DA.

Rain, who was placed on administrative leave after abruptly leaving the county Public Defender’s office in 2011, waged a high-profile campaign, conducting press conferences with murder victims’ families at her side.

Rain says she has been practicing law for about 18 years, with two years as a county prosecutor and eight as public defender.

Duvé has spent a total of 10 years in the St. Lawrence County District Attorney’s office, with two years as an assistant and eight more as the chief prosecutor.

She remained quiet through much of the campaign, only recently meeting with the press, while her opponent spent weeks issuing statements and holding news conferences accompanied by the families of victims in high-profile cases.