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Strange Bedfellows « R-71: ‘We are hopeful, but not stupid’ | Main | Maine voters reject gay marriage law » Democrat wins upstate New York congressional race For the first time since the Civil War era, New York’s 23rd Congressional District has a Democratic representative, CNN projects. Bill Owens defeated Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in a race that became a flashpoint in the battle for control of the national Republican Party. Prominent conservative Republicans like Sarah Palin and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty backed Hoffman while others like former House Speaker Newt Gingrich sided with Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava, who exited the race Saturday and through her support behind the Democrat Owens. National conservatives had complained that Scozzafava wasn’t far enough to the right on issues like abortion. The race in the Upstate New York district was a special election to replace the incumbent Republican congressman, who has taken a job President Barack Obama’s admin
Bill Owens, a Democrat, is the newest representative for New York’s 23rd congressional district after winning the special election yesterday. That means Democrats represent 27 of New York’s 29 congressional districts. William Lewis “Bill” Owens (born January 20, 1949) is the U.S. Representative-elect from New York’s 23rd congressional district. The district, the state’s northernmost and most rural district, includes most of the North Country, as well as the far northern suburbs of Syracuse. He defeated Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman in a special election held on November 3, 2009, to become the first Democrat in modern times to represent this district.
