NY-23: Hoffman, Holding Out Hope
Doug Hoffman, he failed Conservative Party candidate in the NY-23 special election is clearly relishing the surprise twist in his election – errors in the count that have put him only around 3,000 votes behind his opponent, Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.), with around 6,000 absentee ballots outstanding. He appeared on Fox News last week to talk up his chances of pulling off a miracle upset (something that would require him winning a 5-1 split in absentee ballots) and tweets that he’ll be discussing this again today:
