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NY-23: Owens Builds Up His Lead

By | 11.19.09 | 5:02 pm

As the NY-23 absentee ballot count moves into districts that were won by Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.), his lead is growing over Conservative Party challenger Doug Hoffman. According to the Watertown Daily Times, Owens now leads by 3,096 votes with 3,105 absentee ballots left to count. That represents More…

NY-23: Watertown Mayor: ‘It’s Over’

By | 11.03.09 | 10:50 pm

SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. – I caught Watertown, N.Y., Mayor Jeff Graham, who endorsed NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman this weekend, looking very glum at Hoffman’s election party. I asked him what happened in Jefferson County, where Watertown is located, and where Democrat Bill Owens is leading the vote.

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NY-23: Hoffman on the Stump (VIDEO)

By | 11.03.09 | 11:08 am

WATERTOWN, N.Y. — As I mentioned today in my story, some reporters have been frustrated by how calm, and downright shy, NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman can be in speeches and interviews. The best example of how the media here reacts to Hoffman came in the More…

NY-23: GOP Candidate Drops Out

By | 10.31.09 | 11:12 am

Dede Scozzafava, the Republican candidate in the NY-23 special election, has suspended her campaign with a tearful, regretful statement delivered at her headquarters in Watertown, N.Y. Scozzafava’s move clears a path for unlikely Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman to beat Democratic candidate Bill Owens, who had, until now, been More…

NY-23: Local Paper Says Hoffman ‘Co-Opted by Right-Wing Politicians’

By | 10.29.09 | 10:50 am

The Watertown Daily Times, the big paper in the sprawling 23rd district of New York, today endorses GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava for the special election. Democratic candidate Bill Owens is ruled out because he has “too much to learn” about the district. Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman gets roughed More…