NY 23

A Final Word On NY-23

Rarely has a special-election for a congressional seat attracted so much media attention, drama and money. NY-23, a largely rural congressional district in upstate New York bordering Canada, has been a Republican stronghold for well over 100 years, yet last Tuesday it voted in a Democratic congressman, Bill Owens. The final results gave Owens 49 percent of the vote to Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman's 45 percent. The Republican candidate, Dede Scozzafava, who dropped out of the race just before the election and then endorsed Owens, claimed 5 percent. The pundits have exploded trying to ...

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