nytimes.com - 26 days ago
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WATERTOWN, N.Y. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. threw the heft of the White House behind the Democratic candidate on Monday in a race for a vacant Congressional seat that both Democrats and Republicans view as significant tests of their political fortunes. In the final hours before the ...
publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com - 28 days ago
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Doug Hoffman has a commanding lead in the
special election for New York's 23rd Congressional District. In...
a three way contest with Democrat Bill Owens and Republican Dede Scozzafava Hoffman leads with 51% to 34% for Owens and 13% for Scozzafava. In a ...
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Hoffman leads big
watertowndailytimes.com - 28 days ago
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Dierdre K. Scozzafava's decision to suspend her campaign
for the 23rd Congressional District seat is a shocking...
development in what had already been an extraordinary race. In her statement Saturday morning, the assemblywoman explained the reasons ...
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A changed race
nytimes.com - 26 days ago
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SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. Democrats won a special
election in New York State’s northernmost Congressional district Tuesday,...
a setback for national conservatives who heavily promoted a third candidate in what became an intense debate over the direction of ...
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House Race in New York's 23rd District Goes to the Democrat
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... about New Jersey’s gubernatorial race. [NYT] Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. threw the heft of the White House behind the Democratic candidate on Monday in a race for a vacant Congressional seat that both Democrats and Republicans view as significant tests of their political fortunes. [NYT] Crime & Public Safety A New York City police detective, Kevin C. Spellman, is charged with killing a woman while driving drunk early Friday morning. He was found to have a ...
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The Caucus —
... G.O.P. base into the 2010 cycle. Their opposition to Dede Scozzafava, the moderate Republican who dropped out over the weekend and threw her support to Democrat Bill Owens, has been clamorous, with high-profile Republicans like former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and others backing Douglas Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate. On Monday, Vice President Joseph R. Biden stumped for Mr. Owens, highlighting the extraordinary pitch of this race. Jeremy Peters offers up the final glimpses in a district brimming with ideological influences. ...
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cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com 27 days ago — Vice President Joseph R. Biden campaigned in upstate New York for a Democratic candidate competing for a Congressional seat against a conservative candidate.
Biden To Campaign For Bill Owens; Hoffman Gets John Rich
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 27 days ago — Vice President Biden will be headed to upstate New York this Monday, to campaign for Democratic candidate Bill Owens in the NY-23 special election.
Biden's visit is coming the day before the election, in a final push to get out the Democratic vote ...
Biden backs Owens; says Limbaugh picked Hoffman
watertowndailytimes.com 27 days ago — While praising Democratic Congressional candidate William L. Owens as a man of values, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. took shots at supporters of Mr. Owens’s opponent during a campaign appearance Monday in Watertown. Appearing at the North Side ...
Biden campaigning for Owens in NY 23
politico.com 30 days ago — The White House is sending Vice President Joe Biden to upstate New York to campaign for Democrat Bill Owens, according to an administration source, in a last-minute push to help Democrats pick up the longtime Republican House seat.
The Biden rally ...
OWENS STILL LEADING HOFFMAN
watertowndailytimes.com 26 days ago — Democrat Bill Owens is leading in the 23rd Congressional District race. The Plattsburgh attorney has 58,812 votes compared to Conservative Doug Hoffman, a Lake Placid CPA, with 54,637 votes. Dede Scozzafava, a Republican who dropped out of the race ...
Douglas L. Hoffman - The New York Times
topics.nytimes.com 27 days ago — Updated Nov. 3, 2009 Douglas L. Hoffman was the Conservative Party candidate in New York's 23rd Congressional District in 2009. He lost to the Democratic candidate, Bill Owens. The race, in the northernmost regions of the state, deepened divisions in ...
Hoffman, Owens, Scozzafava Debate
nygoe.wordpress.com 10/30/2009 — The only 3-way debate between the candidates for the NY 23rd District was held tonight.
It took place in the News 9 Syracuse studios which are outside the district, but a major media hub for the area. News 9 anchor Dan Cummings was the moderator for ...
Hoffman lacks votes to catch Owens
watertowndailytimes.com 9 days ago — The race for the 23rd Congressional District is finally, mathematically, over. Rep. William L. Owens could lose all 3,072 absentee ballots left to be counted and still win the race. Mr. Owens led the race by 3,176 votes after the 11 counties' boards ...
Analysis: Elections not a referendum on Obama —
CNN.com - Politics 26 days ago
Victories in New Jersey and Virginia Tuesday provided a major shot in the arm for the Republican Party heading into the 2010 elections, but the Democratic losses of these two governorships should not be interpreted as a significant blow to President ...
NY: Dems win NY-23; Bloom. hangs on —
First Read 25 days ago
The AP writes, "President Barack Obama's decision in June to appoint a Republican congressman to a Pentagon post has paid dividends in November now that Democrats have gained the House seat by capitalizing on a split between moderates and ...