News Channel 9: Local News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
It appears the long special election fight for the 23rd Congressional District seat is over. Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman sent an e-mail to supporters re-affirming Democrat Bill Owens won the...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
It's finally over for Conservative Party candidate and Tea Partier Doug Hoffman, who trails Rep. Bill Owens (D) by 3,105 votes in the recount of votes from the NY-23 election. There are only 3,072 votes left to count, which means Owens has won. Again. [ The HIll ] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: election 2009 , bill owens , doug hoffman , ny-23 ,...
News Channel 9: Local News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
New York's newest congressman, Bill Owens, has been assigned to the House Committees on Armed Services and Homeland Security.
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
This is probably good news for Bill Owens. Roll Call : Accountant Doug Hoffman is seeking a re-match against Rep. Bill Owens (D) in 2010, after losing a Nov. 4 special election in upstate New York by approximately 3,000 votes. In a lengthy message on his campaign Web site, Hoffman wrote he is moving "full speed ahead to 2010," after deciding not to contest the...
Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Doug Hoffman conceded the New York congressional election to Democrat Bill Owens yet again today. The Conservative Party candidate said he won't challenge the results, despite the urging of supporters. With the absentee ballots counted, "the results re-affirm the fact that Bill Owens won,” Hoffman said. The muted wording is...
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Hoffman aides are closely watching a count of absentee ballots Tuesday. (CNN) - The battle for NY-23 is over. The battle for NY-23 has just begun. After conceding the congressional race to Democrat Bill Owens for the second time in the district’s special congressional election, Doug Hoffman has announced the launch of his 2010 campaign for the [...]
The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
'09 nominee Doug Hoffman (C) conceded NY-23, again, this afternoon. The move comes after a final vote tally showed Rep. Bill Owens (D) winning the 11/3 special election by a 3,583-vote advantage. "The results re-affirm the fact that Bill Owens won," Hoffman wrote in a release. "Over the past three weeks, we nearly cut Bill Owens' lead in half....
MyDD (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Just over a week after unconceding the race in the NY-23 and after charging electoral fraud, the Conservative Party candidate and Tea Party darling Doug Hoffman has again conceded the race. It's enough to give one whiplash. From Politico : "Yesterday, the remaining ballots were counted in the 23rd Congressional District special election. The results re-affirm the fact that Bill Owens...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
On Nov. 16, ThinkProgress reported that failed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman told Glenn Beck that he was unconceding the NY-23 special election, even though the winner, Democrat Bill Owens, was already in office. Shortly thereafter, however, Hoffman’s spokesman said that they weren’t unconceding the race. But then on Nov. 19, Hoffman posted a [...]
Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Doug Hoffman, Conservative candidate who almost made it all the way into Congress from New York's 23rd district, has now officiailly re-conceded the race to now-Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY)....
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
After taking back his election night concession to Democrat Rep. Bill Owens and threatening to challenge the results of the NY-23 recanvass, Conservative Doug Hoffman is finally ready to call it quits - once and for all. "Yesterday, the remaining ballots were counted in the 23rd Congressional District special election," Hoffman said in a statement released by his campaign....
Alternet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Doug Hoffman today issued a statement in which he admitted Bill Owens won the NY-23 special election.
The Reaction (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Michael J.W. Stickings It's over. The mentor/puppeteer may not agree with his decision, but Conservative insurgent candidate and Republican favourite Doug Hoffman has un-unconceded, or re-conceded , in NY-23. The gap between Hoffman and Democrat (and winner) Bill Owens narrowed due to an undercount in some counties, with Hoffman pulling to within about 3,000 votes, but absentee ballots...
Balloon Juice (Free subscription) | yesterday
Moran: The Conservative Party candidate is conceding the race for New York’s 23rd District for the second time, saying he doesn’t have enough votes. Doug Hoffman had withdrawn his first concession to Democratic Rep. Bill Owens, saying the race was close enough that absentee ballots could change the outcome in the closely watched New York Congressional race. Now, [...]
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
For the second time this month, Doug Hoffman (C) "conceded the New York special election to Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY), and said he will not legally challenge the results of the race," Politico reports. Said Hoffman: "Yesterday, the remaining ballots were counted in the 23rd Congressional District special election. The results re-affirm the fact that Bill Owens...
