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it RRIMARY192 r- 1 K.v vflS" y- But Ferrarois count By Bob Keeler "BTAWWBPTEB-. In a narrow race that changed leads twice in the hour before midnight. Attorney General RpbertAbramaap- peared to have beaten Geraldine Ferraro in the Senate Democratic primary last night, overcoming her celeb- rity aura and Year of the Woman momentum, v- With only scattered precincts still to be counted, shortly before 1 ul, Abrams held a lead of 13,000 votes. Still, Ferraro said earlier in the evening; before Abrams resumed the lead at about midnight, that she thought the final results of the race might not be known until after the counting of absentee With virtually all of the districts in, we have an insurmountable lead, and we have Abrams said to his supporters in his campaign headquarters at the Bamada Pennsylvania Hotel, standing near his wife, thane, Mayor David N. Pinking, and a crowd of finally happy supporters.

Welcome to the first hour of a seven-week crusade to defeat A1 DAmato, he said, at the start of a tough speech attacking the two-term Republican incumbent, I promise you tonight that seven weeks UfBo-' ing to be enough to persuade the people that A1 DA- mato has got to go. -1 Were going to be able to do it in seven weeks because never before have the voters ofNew York had a clearer dunce than the one between Bob Abrams and A1 DAmato. I want to go to Washington to shake things up. A1 DAmatos been in Washington shaking people down. About a half hour earlier Ferraro left her headquarters conceding, telling her supporters to go home and get some sleep.This campaign is for from -over, she said, referring to the number of uncounted votes.

No matter what tomorrow brings we still have a goal. We are Democrats. We have to beat A1 DAmato November 3. All Hay, writ pwila had pronounced Ahrama a winner. Sf ONLY THE BEGINNING.

Robert Abrams will appear on the November ballot on the Liberal Party line. paign waged by New York City Comptroller Elizabeth Hnlfamiin. Soon after the polls dosed, Holtzman con- ceded defeat end pledged support to Throughout the evening, the depressed mood in Ferraros headquarters lifted slightlywhenever re-suits enu to nnmiTiang that the Rev. A1 Sharpton was doing better than Holtzman. They blamed what.

appeared to be Ferraros defeat on Holtzmans harsh- ly negative TV commercials, which raised questions about Ferraros -'Liz Holtzman has devastated the womens movement, said Janis Goodman of Manhattan, one of a group of attorneys standing to Ferraros headquar- tars, the West Tower on Park Avenue. I will never vote for her or forgive her, said another attorney, Ann fMmlntan, also of v. But the anger began to lift soon after 11 p.m. All wight long, Abrams had been dinging to a tenuous one-percent lead. But after 11 p.m., Ferraro forged ahead.

We came to hearing the results of the early writ, poll, and I was extremely disappointed, Ferraro said in an interview. Soon after aha appeared to take the lead, she added: Im delighted. It means our cam- paign really worked. A good number of people heard the negatives and rejected them. One of her supporters, Barbara Chocky, a member of the national planning committee of the Womens -Political Caucus, which endorsed both Ferraro and Hopefully, Gerrys going to make it and a woman will be on toe ticket The atmosphere Please see SENATE on Page 27 Ml Hi LAST PLACE.

City Comptroller Elizabeth floltzman concedes shortly after the polls dose..