New York Election Results: Updates On NY-23 Race
The nation focused on a rural swath of northern New York state Tuesday in an unusually relevant special congressional election in which the Democrat sought to exploit a split in Republican loyalties and recapture a seat held for decades by the GOP.
The race started about five weeks ago with three candidates and is ending with two — Democrat Bill Owens and surprise contender Doug Hoffman, a member of the state Conservative Party.
Republican Dierdre Scozzafava abruptly quit the race over the weekend and backed Owens after Hoffman’s supporters accused her of being too liberal for the largely Republican district because of her support of abortion rights and same-sex marriage.
