Two Republican state senators who provided pivotal votes to legalize same-sex marriage last year fought opponents to a standstill on Thursday in primary races so close that they will be decided only after absentee ballots are counted.

Read more in The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/nyregion/primary-results-close-for-2-gop-legislators-who-voted-for-same-sex-marriage.html?_r=1&hp