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  NY District 23 - Special Election
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > New York > NY - District 23
OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
Type Special Election
Filing Deadline July 21, 2009 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open November 03, 2009 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 03, 2009 - 06:00pm Central
Term Start November 06, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2011 - 12:00am
Turnout 23.13% Total Population
ContributorRBH
Last ModifiedPaul December 01, 2012 01:41am
Data Sources[Link]
Description Owens
DEM 66,548 WFP 6,589

Scozzafava
REP 7,260 IND 1,322
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/2008
NameJohn M. McHugh Votes143,028 (65.33%)
Term01/03/2009 - 09/22/2009 Margin67,157 (+30.68%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2010
NameBill Owens Votes82,232 (47.51%)
Term01/03/2011 - 01/03/2013 Margin1,995 (+1.15%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jul 22, 2009 NY District 23 - R Nomination
Dede Scozzafava
R 1
Aug 10, 2009 NY District 23 - D Nomination
Bill Owens
D 1
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
08/24/2009 11/03/2009
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Douglas Hoffman 25 4 2 --
Bill Owens 15 2 ----
Leaning Call: Douglas Hoffman (67.24%)
Weighted Call: Bill Owens (61.61%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

09/08/2009 11/01/2009

CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name Bill Owens Douglas Hoffman St. Rep. Dede Scozzafava Scattering  
PartyDemocratic Conservative Republican Write-In  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 73,137 (48.32%) 69,553 (45.95%) 8,582 (5.67%) 94 (0.06%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -3,584 (-2.37%) -64,555 (-42.65%) -73,043 (-48.26%)  
Fusion Votes
D Democratic66,548
WFP Working Families6,589
R Republican7,260
IDP Independence1,322
 
Predict Avg.40.83% 35.50% 22.50% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2009 08/07/2009 00/00/2009 --  
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MATCHUP POLLS (11 from 6 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg32.60%-- 38.63%-- 13.12%-- 0.00%--  
Siena Research Institute 
11/01/09-11/01/09		 36.00% -- 41.00% 6.0 6.00% 14.0 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
10/31/09-11/01/09		 34.00% -- 51.00% -- 13.00% -- 0.00% --
Siena Research Institute 
10/27/09-10/29/09		 36.00% 3.0 35.00% 12.0 20.00% 9.0 0.00% --
Research 2000 
10/26/09-10/28/09		 33.00% 2.0 32.00% 9.0 21.00% 9.0 0.00% --
Neighborhood Research (R) 
10/25/09-10/26/09		 29.00% -- 34.00% -- 14.00% -- 0.00% --
Basswood Research (R) 
10/24/09-10/25/09		 27.00% 10.0 31.00% 14.0 20.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
IndP 6921
G BR_Green
  Watertown Daily Times
D Dede Scozzafava 🔗
D Nikki from Beacon Hill
REFS Servo
D Sarnstrom
I McCord 2014
D Bob
R Barack O-blame-a
  Working Families Party
D Brandonius Maximus
D TEXAN FOR HILLARY
D Jason
D Ashley
  Eagle Forum
LBT Jed
Grasshopper
R John Rich 🔗
R Chuck DeVore 🔗
R George Pataki 🔗
R Richard Viguerie 🔗
R Tony Perkins 🔗
  Catholic Families for America
R Dana Rohrabacher 🔗
R Tom Cole 🔗
R John E. Linder 🔗
R Jim DeMint 🔗
  National Review
  Wall Street Journal
R Marilyn Musgrave 🔗
R Steve Forbes 🔗
R Tim Pawlenty 🔗
R Rick Santorum 🔗
R Todd Tiahrt 🔗
R CAGOP
R J. Kenneth "Ken" Blackwell 🔗
R Sarah Palin 🔗
R Michele Bachmann 🔗
I Glenn Beck 🔗
R Dick Armey 🔗
Veg Thomas Walker
  Minuteman PAC
R Gary L. Bauer 🔗
  Family Research Council
  New York Right to Life PAC
  Club for Growth
R Fred Thompson 🔗
R SC-Conservative
R CincinnatiReds1990
R Newt Gingrich 🔗
R Susan Collins 🔗
R Peter T. King 🔗
  National Rifle Association (NRA)
G BR_Green
I smm
 


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10/14/2009 vs Bill Owens TVAd Attack eng Bill Owens is Hiding  00:00:30 RBH 

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 18, 2009 10:50pm General Hoffman: ACORN, unions, Dems tampered with NY-23 election  Article Monsieur 
Nov 17, 2009 11:00am Announcement Doug Hoffman "Unconcedes" House Race  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Nov 05, 2009 08:40am General Conservatives on NY-23: We didn't lose  Article RP 
Nov 04, 2009 12:00pm Blog Entry What Did NY-23 Mean?  Article RP 
Nov 01, 2009 02:20pm News NY-23: Scozzafava Endorses Owens  Article Jason 
Oct 31, 2009 10:10am Announcement BREAKING: Scozzafava suspends NY 23 campaign  Article Sarnstrom 

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