Supplanter
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Not really, but I think she looks a lot like Allison Janney:
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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/democrat-kathy-hochul-win-upset-in-ny-26-medicare-vote-key-to-victory.php?ref=fpa
"Democrat Kathy Hochul Wins Upset In NY-26"
Benjy Sarlin | May 24, 2011, 10:14PM
| Quote : | "Republicans are going to have plenty of questions about their plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program tomorrow morning after Democrats romped to an improbable victory in a special election focused almost entirely on the issue.
Democrat Kathy Hochul lead 48-43 with over 83% of the votes counted and her victory looks to be a strong one -- the Associated Press called the race within an hour of the polls closing. Corwin underperformed in key GOP counties while Hochul's margins in Democratic areas were in line with the party's high water mark in the district from 2006, a wave year that swept the Republicans out of the majority in the House and Senate. The district is normally a safe seat for Republicans and has never elected a Democrat." |
 5/24/2011 10:44:51 PM
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Jak3
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Democrat Bill Owens wins hard-fought race for 23rd congressional seat
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/democrat_bill_owens_wins_hard-.html
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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The last Democrat elected to a House seat from the region was Frances E. Spinner, who represented St. Lawrence County in Congress from 1855 to 1857.
The results also struck a blow for the Republican Party, which not only lost the district, but exposed a bitter national divide within the party between its moderate and conservative factions.
"This race turned out to be the worst of all possible worlds for Republicans as not only did the Democrat, Bill Owens, win a seat that Democrats have not held in more than 100 years, but what occurred in New York has exposed a war within the Republican Party that will not soon end," said Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
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Wouldn't read too much into special elections.
[Edited on May 25, 2011 at 12:06 AM. Reason : asd]5/25/2011 12:04:20 AM |
