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democrat wins house seat in heavily gop area in ny

Published Nov. 4, 2009
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The race received national attention, with some calling it a referendum on Obama and others saying it could help Republicans focus their message to attract more people to the party.

Owens defeated Hoffman despite a voter registration edge of 45,000 for Republicans and big-name endorsements for Hoffman from former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, former Republican Sen. Fred Thompson and others.


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Eventhough Hoffman lost, this election was a major win for the GOP's base. The events that occurred this weekend, where an independent conservative drove a liberal republican out of the running proves that the party doesn't HAVE to keep putting forth moderate candidates.

Had Hoffman had the "R" next to his name, he would have gotten Scozzafava's 5% and the win.

"even though he was a terrible candidate "

LOL...and in a blog just a few days ago, you were singing his praises. Funny.

"If Hoffman runs again maybe he should move into the district and not be a carpetbagger."

Yeah, like Hillary.

What will be interesting will be if Hoffman runs again. tmed

If Hoffman runs again maybe he should move into the district and not be a carpetbagger.

Crewmax maybe you could move up to VA- or even better, NEW JERSEY, yee haw!!

so, since this was a special election to fill the seat of McHugh, I take it that Owens is in that seat until the 2010 elections, right? Where did the 5000+ votes for Scozzava come from? Those would not have been absentee votes, since those wouldn't have been counted until afterward, right? I'll have to go back and look at the numbers, but it appeared that if those people had voted for Hoffman, he would have won by the tiniest margin, even though he was a terrible candidate (novice...not much personality and not really a very good speaker-just right on substance). If Owens goes in and plays sock-puppet to Pelosi, which he probably will, this will just be nothing more than a "temp" job. I suspect the Republicans will start today, working for 2010. What will be interesting will be if Hoffman runs again. If he does, he might be a better candidate, but somebody needs to get him some public speaking classes. The local Republican party won't pick the candidate behind closed doors again!

CA-10 also had a special election yesterday that went Dem.

Crewmax how bout those liberal losses in OUR STATE??

Looks like Charlie Crist of Florida will be the next victim of the wingnut purity campaign.

CrewMax- when a region rejects a party or candidate that has been in power for + - 150 years it is clear that the voters have much more to say then the score of a football game.

Say what you want if it makes you feel or your day go better.

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