Reader Elmer sends this Corning Leader story about the number of absentee ballots cast in the 29th. It's probably around 20K, and that's over 5% of the total votes cast in the last Presidential year (2004). We might not know the winner of this race for a week or two.
News 10 and WETM have race backgrounders up today.
Finally, the Buffalo Business Journal has a redistricting story.