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Dem Owens Maintains Lead In NY-23 With 76% Precincts Reporting
NY-23 Candidates Bill Owens (D) and Doug Hoffman (Conservative)
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Democrat Bill Owens is leading by 4 points in the NY-23 congressional race with 76% of precincts reporting. Owens is currently at 49% over Conservative Doug Hoffman's 45%.
As we noted earlier, Owens could be the only Democrat win in today's elections.
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phillygirl
November 3, 2009 11:41 PM
The only Dem? What about CA-10?
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kash79
November 3, 2009 11:41 PM
As we noted earlier, Owens could be the only Democrat win in today's elections.
Of course, if you consider California-Dis 10 special election a beauty contest at the local country club.
I'm not contesting the narrative, Democratic party,loosing two state governors, had a shitty night. But I'm surprised for absurd omission on more than one thread now.
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Maritza
November 3, 2009 11:45 PM
The Dem looks like he is winning in CA-10.
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TaylorB1
November 4, 2009 12:23 AM
The entire media coverage, including TPM, has tried to paint this day as a "referendum" on President Obama and a "set-back" for Democrats. Well, I think the House races in CA-10 and NY-23 say a lot more about the national mood than do the two Gov races, where one of our candidates ran a poor campaign and the other was an unpopular incumbent. So tell us again how this "repudiates" President Obama?????
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voreason
November 4, 2009 12:27 AM
Let's see, the republicans are calling the losses in NJ and VA 'a blow' to Obama.
Isn't this loss in NY-23 be quite a "blow" for:
Limbaugh
Beck
Palin
Fox'news'?
i.e., for the entire cavalcade of right wing blowhards?
In many ways, this was the most 'national' of all of the elections held today, and it was made so by the hard right wing support for Hoffman, and it exposes a huge flaw in the republican party, namely, that it is splitting asunder.
Ah, hear it rip!
Really, it was incredibly arrogant of these people to trash the candidate selected by the republican primary system in New York. They basically told the republicans in this district to get lost, that they knew better and they were moving in and taking over. Arrogance like this seldom succeeds in politics. This is why Palin will never be anything but a marginal figure -- she peaked in the first few days after her selection as VP candidate by McCain, and she has been 'cementing her (ever dwindling but always shrill) base' ever since.
I think this is the story of the night. The republicans who won, Christie and McDonnell, basically ran pretty much as moderates.
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