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Democrat Owens beats Conservative Hoffman who Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh supported
nydailynews.com - 11/4/2009
Democrat Owens beats Conservative Hoffman who Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh supported
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SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. - Conservatives who won a nasty battle to carry the GOP banner in upstate New York lost the war Tuesday night - surrendering a congressional seat held by Republicans for more than a century. Conservative Party insurgent Doug Hoffman, whose candidacy became a cause for Sarah ...
redstate.com - 11/4/2009
In NY-23, Conservatives Win
— redstate.com — The race has now been called for Democrat Bill Owens. This is a huge win for conservatives.... “Whaaaa. . . ?” you say. There are two big victories at work in New York’s 23rd Congressional District. First, the GOP now must ... (more) In NY-23, Conservatives Win

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Hoffman leads big
publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com - 11/2/2009
Hoffman leads big
— publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com — 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 ... (more) Hoffman leads big

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watertowndailytimes.com - 11/4/2009
OWENS STILL LEADING HOFFMAN
— watertowndailytimes.com — 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 ... (more) OWENS STILL LEADING HOFFMAN
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Capitol Confidential:  A.M. Roundup

First Read:  NY: Dems win NY-23; Bloom. hangs on

Think Progress:  Limbaugh blames Newt Gingrich for screwing up the NY special election.

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A.M. Roundup
Capitol Confidential — ... Party candidate Doug Hoffman in the hotly contested 23rd Congressional District race, where outside groups spent more than $3.7 million on the race. (TU/ NYT) With 92 percent of precincts reporting, Owens led Hoffman 49 percent to 44 percent. (AP) Owens it the first Democrat to represent the are since the Civil War. (Adirondack Daily Enterprise) Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long says he “would do it all over again.” (DN) “It’s a ...

NY: Dems win NY-23; Bloom. hangs on
First Read — ... far-flung supporters cast the election as a referendum on a perceived leftward lurch by political leaders of both parties," The New York Post writes. "Facing desertion from the right, Scozzafava abruptly suspended her campaign over the weekend and endorsed Owens. The move freed up labor unions, which had previously split their support, to rally behind Owens."    Conservatives “won a nasty battle to carry the GOP banner” but lost the war, the New York Daily News writes.  ...(read more)

Limbaugh blames Newt Gingrich for screwing up the NY special election.
Think Progress — ... by becoming the first Democrat in more than a century to win a congressional election in upstate New York’s 23rd district. Owens’ victory was a defeat for many prominent leaders of the conservative movement, particularly Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. In the lead-up to the election, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had ...

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