What is the status of Doug Hoffman in the New York Election results?”
ALBANY, N.Y. — President Barack Obama’s decision in June to appoint a Republican congressman to a Pentagon post has paid dividends in November now that Democrats have gained the House seat by capitalizing on a split between moderates and conservatives in the GOP. Lawyer and retired Air Force Capt. Bill Owens won the special election Tuesday in northern New York in which the Republican candidate withdrew over the weekend under pressure from the party’s right wing and GOP heavyweights endorsed the Conservative Party nominee. Owens said he hopes to bring the heavily Republican district together after the contentious race left the GOP with one less seat in this bluest of states. “Our challenges aren’t Democratic or Republican. They’re not liberal or conservative. They are American challenges that we will overcome with American resolve,” Owens said in his victory speech. “The only way that we can create jobs and attract economic development to our communities is by bringing people of all pa
Now that many states have some form or another of Early Voting, are states going to be tabulating the vote each night and releasing the running total results? Or will everything be counted and reported only after polls close on…… (1 answer – asked 12 months ago) A: The public has the right to know and even if states don’t disclose it, there are a lot of companies conducting surveys. Nowadays, there should be no one in position to hide anything the public should know. Like election results, it’s open for public. An I think that would not happen in America as it’s not the popularity that counts more but the electoral votes. And as we have observed, right from the start, the candidates are being followed by reporters as they are the hottest scopes. And with our advance technology, it’s impossible to hide anything like this. In fact, there are a lot of companies doing surveys like Rasmussen which you can find here:
USA TODAY’s John Fritze reports that Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has conceded in New York to Democrat Bill Owens. He writes: A wildly unpredictable race for a House seat in Upstate New York gave Democrats their only high-profile victory Tuesday night in a contest both parties predicted would have implications for next year’s midterm election. Democrat Bill Owens beat Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in the down-to-the-wire race for New York’s 23rd Congressional District — portions of which have been represented by Republicans for more than a century. Hoffman conceded early Wednesday morning.
