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2009 New York's 23rd congressional district special election

December 15, 2023

The 2009 special election for New York's 23rd congressional district was held on November 3, 2009, to select the successor to Republican John M. McHugh. McHugh was nominated to become United States Secretary of the Army on June 2, 2009, and resigned as representative of New York's 23rd congressional district on September 21, 2009, after being confirmed by the Senate.[1][2]

2009 New York's 23rd congressional district special election
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New York's 23rd congressional district
 
Nominee Bill Owens Doug Hoffman Dede Scozzafava
(withdrawn)
Party Democratic Conservative Republican
Alliance Working Families Independence
Popular vote 73,137 69,553 8,582
Percentage 48.3% 46.0% 5.7%
U.S. Representative before election

John M. McHugh
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Bill Owens
Democratic

The Democratic Party and the Working Families Party nominated businessman and attorney Bill Owens, and the Conservative Party of New York nominated businessman and accountant Doug Hoffman. The Republican Party and Independence Party nominated State Assembly member Dede Scozzafava, who withdrew from the race three days before the election[3] and endorsed Owens.[4] On Election Day, Owens defeated Hoffman.[5]

The 2009 special election received significant national attention, and was alternately described as "a referendum on President Barack Obama" and "a fight over the identity of the Republican Party."[6][7] The race was also noteworthy due to the Tea Party movement influence on its outcome,[8][9] and for its impact on same-sex marriage legislation in New York.[10][11][12]

Background edit

See also: New York's 23rd congressional district

New York's 23rd congressional district had historically been one of the most Republican districts in the United States. The district's seat had been in Republican hands since 1873.[13] The far northern portion of the district—including the largest city, Watertown—had not been represented by a Democrat since the 1850s. In parts of the district, the last non-Republican to represent the district had been a Whig.[14] McHugh was first elected in 1992, and was reelected eight times with over 60% of the vote, including running unopposed in 2002.

Although McHugh was consistently elected with over 60% of the vote, in recent years the district had been more competitive in United States presidential elections. George W. Bush narrowly carried the district in both 2004 against John Kerry, 51%–47%. However, Gore narrowly defeated Bush in what was then the 24th district in 2000,[15] repeating Bill Clinton's victory there in 1996. Barack Obama defeated John McCain in the district 52%–47% in 2008.[16]

Democrats had also recently done well in the district at the state level. In a 2008 special election for New York's 48th State Senate district (which is coextensive with the northwestern portion of the 23rd congressional district and includes Watertown), Democratic Assemblyman Darrel Aubertine defeated heavily favored Republican Assemblyman Will Barclay. Aubertine became the first Democrat to represent what is now the 48th Senate district in over a century.[17]

On September 29, 2009, New York Governor David Paterson issued a proclamation setting the special election to fill the vacancy for November 3, 2009, to coincide with the 2009 general election.[18][19] New York law does not provide for a primary election in cases of a special election for a vacant House seat. Instead, each party's nominee is chosen by that party's county leaders within the district.[20]

Candidates edit

Republican Party edit

Seven Republicans announced their intentions to run.[21] Three other Republicans[22][23][24] were considered potential candidates, but declined to run.

Assemblymember Dede Scozzafava was designated as the Republican nominee. On October 31, 2009, Scozzafava suspended her campaign[25] and, on November 1, 2009, endorsed the Democratic candidate for the seat.[26]

Democratic Party edit

State Senator Darrel Aubertine, who represents most of the northern portion of the congressional district, was the most widely rumored potential Democratic candidate, but he declined.[27] State Senator David Valesky, who represents most of the southern portion of the congressional district, initially said he was interested in running, but later decided against it.[22][28] Also declining to run was assemblywoman Addie Jenne Russell, whose district includes Watertown.

The chair of the New York Democratic Party stated that Scozzafava's husband had spoken with key local Democrats about the possibility of her switching to the Democratic Party before running for the seat.[29]

The party eventually selected Bill Owens, a military veteran and attorney from Plattsburgh.[30]

Conservative Party edit

The Conservative Party chose Doug Hoffman as its nominee after three other potential candidates said they would support him,[31] even though Hoffman did not live in the district.[32] The Conservative Party declined to support the Republican Party's nomination of pro-choice, pro-same-sex-marriage, pro-union Assemblymember Dede Scozzafava, who Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long described as a "nice lady who is too liberal."[33]

Hoffman had previously sought the Republican nomination. In July, when Scozzafava was nominated instead, Hoffman offered to help her. His email to her read: "Hi Dede, Congratulations and the best of luck in your candidacy. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Doug."[34] Shortly thereafter, however, he contacted Conservative Party leaders, seeking support for his own candidacy.[35] One Republican leader said that Hoffman, while seeking the Republican nomination, had "repeatedly" pledged to support the nominee.[36]

Other parties edit

The chairman of the Independence Party of New York announced that the party would have cross-endorsed Aubertine had he run,[37] but with his decision not to run, the party instead backed Scozzafava.[38] After she suspended her campaign, the state chairman of the party endorsed Bill Owens, though several local chairmen instead endorsed Hoffman.[39] Scozzafava remained on the ballot on the Independence Party line (as well as the Republican line).

The Working Families Party backed Owens. Under New York's fusion rule, Owens's votes on the Democratic line and on the Working Families line were combined into a single total.

Campaign edit

The race drew significant national attention because of the relatively large amount of support for a third-party candidate from the national conservative base. The Susan B. Anthony List embarked on a $100,000 independent expenditure campaign for Hoffman.[40] Many notable Republicans, including former Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson, endorsed Hoffman rather than the Republican candidate because they deemed Scozzafava insufficiently conservative and ideologically indistinguishable from the Democrat.[41][42] Scozzafava also drew strong opposition from the Tea Party movement, with national Tea Party leader Michael Johns saying that his opposition to Scozzafava "was the first time in my 25-year political and policy career that I ever opposed a Republican candidate."[43][better source needed]

The Hoffman campaign ran television advertisements depicting Scozzafava and Owens as "two peas in a liberal pod."[44] Hoffman indicated support for tax cuts,[45] and support for criminalization of abortion, as well as opposition to same-sex marriage, the Obama health reform proposal,[46] card-check legislation,[47] and cap-and-trade legislation.[48]

Scozzafava's record in the New York State Assembly included votes in favor of same-sex marriage,[49] and she had also received an award from a Planned Parenthood affiliate in 2008.[50][51] Scozzafava's political positions included support for "card check" legislation,[47] support for federal funding for abortion,[52] support for President Obama's 2009 stimulus package,[53] and a refusal to rule out support for health care reform that includes a "public option."[54] While Bill Owens did not favor public funding for abortion, he did support President Obama's 2009 stimulus package[53] and "card check" legislation.[47]

An October 1, 2009, poll by the Siena Research Institute put Hoffman in third place with 16% support, behind Scozzafava with 35% and Owens with 28%.[55] However, a Siena poll released two weeks later indicated that Owens led Scozzafava by four percentage points and Hoffman by 10%.[56] Polls taken a few days before the election showed Scozzafava's support collapsing; an October 31 poll showed Scozzafava trailing both Hoffman and Owens by 15% and 16%, respectively.[57]

Scozzafava suspended her campaign on October 31.[25][58] In response to the Scozzafava withdrawal, the Republican National Committee (RNC), which had strongly backed Scozzafava's candidacy, issued a statement applauding her decision and announcing it was now supporting Hoffman.[3] National Democrats immediately began a "vigorous effort" to convince Scozzafava to endorse Owens. On November 1, Scozzafava endorsed Democratic nominee Owens.[4]

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, while having initially supported the GOP nominee,[59] remarked that he was "deeply upset" about her endorsement of Owens after Scozzafava's withdrawal from the race.[60] RNC Chairman Michael S. Steele questioned party leaders in upstate New York for using a committee process to select a congressional candidate. "Maybe you should have a primary the next time instead of having 11 guys in a room sit around and select your nominee," said Steele.[3] The New York Republican Party issued a statement saying Scozzafava's endorsement was a "betrayal" of the party and said "In contacting Scozzafava, the Obama White House has once again played its Chicago-style politics here in New York."[61]

On November 2, one day before the election, Siena released the results of a new poll showing Hoffman leading Owens 41% to 36%.[62][63] Vice President Joe Biden appeared with Owens at a campaign rally in Watertown on November 3, while former U.S. Senator and 2008 presidential candidate Fred Thompson appeared with Hoffman.[64]

On Election Day, police were called to at least two polling sites in St. Lawrence County following "overzealous electioneering" by supporters of Hoffman.[65] Later, Hoffman accused the Democratic Party of "bringing in ACORN" and trying to "steal this election away from the 23rd district", asserting that a campaign volunteer's tires had been slashed.[66] Anton Troianovski of The Wall Street Journal later quoted Captain Michael Branch of the Plattsburgh City Police Department as saying "This was not a tire slashing—this was some guy who drove over a bottle and cut his tire."[67]

Polling edit

Source Date Dede Scozzafava Bill Owens Doug Hoffman
Siena Research Institute[68][69] November 2, 2009 6% 36% 41%
Public Policy Polling[70] November 1, 2009 13% 34% 51%
Siena Research Institute[71] October 26–28, 2009 20% 36% 35%
Research 2000[72] October 26–28, 2009 21% 33% 32%
Neighborhood Research§[73] October 25–26, 2009 14% 29% 34%
Basswood Research‡[74] October 24–25, 2009 20% 27% 31%
Research 2000[75] October 19–21, 2009 30% 35% 23%
Siena Research Institute[76] October 11–13, 2009 29% 33% 23%
Siena Research Institute[77] September 29, 2009 35% 28% 16%
Basswood Research‡[78] September 17, 2009 20% 17% 17%
McLaughlin & Associates†[79] September 9, 2009 30% 20% 19%

† Poll commissioned by Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman
‡ Poll commissioned by the Club for Growth, which endorses Doug Hoffman
§ Poll commissioned by the Minuteman PAC, which endorses Doug Hoffman

Endorsements edit

Dede Scozzafava edit

Changes after withdrawal
No known change Endorsed Owens Endorsed Hoffman
Oswego County ATV Club[80] New York State United Teachers[81] House Minority Leader John Boehner[82]
The Wish List[83] Watertown Daily Times[84] Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee[85][86]
State Senator Betty Little[87] Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich[88][89]
Assemblywomen Teresa Sayward[87] Representative Jeb Hensarling, former Republican Study Committee Chair[90]
Assemblywoman Janet Duprey[87] New York State Young Republicans[91]
Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, former assembly minority leader[92] Assemblyman Will Barclay[93][94]
Assemblyman Robert Oaks[93] NRA Political Victory Fund[95]
John Faso, former assembly minority leader, 2002 comptroller candidate and 2006 gubernatorial candidate[96] Assemblyman David Townsend[93][97]
Daily Kos founder, Markos Moulitsas[98] Jeffrey Graham, mayor of Watertown[99]
US Senator Susan Collins[100]
Representative Ginny Brown-Waite[100]
Former Representative Tom Reynolds, former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee[101]
Representative Peter King[96]

Bill Owens edit

Endorsements

Doug Hoffman edit

Endorsements

Results and aftermath edit

2009 NY-23 special congressional election[162]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bill Owens 66,548
Working Families Bill Owens 6,589
Total Bill Owens 73,137 48.3 +14.0
Conservative Doug Hoffman 69,553 46.0
Republican Dede Scozzafava 7,260
Independence Dede Scozzafava 1,322
Total Dede Scozzafava 8,582 5.7 -59.6
Majority 3,584 2.4 -28.2
Turnout 151,272 -24.0
Democratic gain from Republican Swing 13.6

On Election Day, Owens appeared to defeat Hoffman, with the margin of defeat initially reported as 49.0% to 45.5%. Although Hoffman initially conceded, an initial re-canvass resulted in a Hoffman gain of approximately 2,000 votes before military and absentee ballots were further factored in. Poll inspectors reported Mr. Hoffman had inadvertently received zero votes in four districts.[163]

With absentee ballots having yet to be tallied, the results of the election could not be officially certified by the State of New York, though Owens was sworn in based upon unofficial results.[164] Owens was seated in time to vote "yea" on the Affordable Health Care for America Act on November 7, 2009.[165]

Hoffman withdrew his concession on November 17, 2009.[166] On November 18, in a letter posted on his campaign website, Hoffman declared that "ACORN, the unions and Democratic Party...tampered with the ballots of voters in NY-23."[167] Jerry O. Eaton, Jefferson County Republican elections commissioner, called Hoffman's assertion "absolutely false".[168] On November 19, the Gouverneur Times alleged that a computer virus had "tainted" results and "cast doubt on the accuracy of the counts retrieved from any of the machines."[169] John Conklin, director of public information for the NY State Board of Elections, stated that "the article...unfortunately quoted a single word from a commissioner who mischaracterized the issue in question."[170] Hoffman later retracted his accusations.

With the tallying of absentee-ballots near completion, on November 20, 2009, Owens' lead over Hoffman surpassed the total number of absentee ballots left, making it mathematically impossible for Hoffman to win.[169] On November 24, Hoffman ended his campaign, stating "...it is with a heavy heart that we declare this election over. We will formally end this election and not ask for a recount."[171] The final election results showed that Owens prevailed by a margin of 48.3% to 46%.[172]

Owens was later re-elected to Congress in 2010 and 2012.

A week after the 2009 election, Scozzafava was stripped of her Republican leadership position in the State Assembly.[173] After Scozzafava's unsuccessful congressional campaign, she acknowledged that her name had begun being used as a verb: "scozzafavaed."[174][175] Commentator Chris Good described the term as follows: "The gist, basically, is that if you're a moderate Republican and the conservative wing of the GOP sets out to get you, and does, you got Scozzafavaed."[176] In April 2010, Scozzafava announced that she would not run for re-election to the New York State Assembly in November 2010.[177] In January 2011, Scozzafava was appointed New York Deputy Secretary of State for Local Government by Democratic Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.[178]

Analysis edit

While some observers called the race "a referendum on President Barack Obama" and "a fight over the identity of the Republican Party",[6][7] others saw "a victory for populist conservatism".[179] One commentator stated that "Hoffman's third-party candidacy is striking for how much it has galvanized the Republican Party's base."[180] According to one commentator, "[t]ea party conservatives see the GOP loss as a victory for conservativism over mere political party loyalty. They’re describing the defeat as a warning shot fired in defense of principle."[181] According to Marilyn Musgrave of Susan B. Anthony List, "Republican party leaders in Washington should take the message of the campaign and the election seriously, that the Party base should not be taken for granted."[181] Elected officials and observers opined that Scozzafava's showing in the congressional race affected the New York State Senate's December 2, 2009, vote against same-sex marriage legislation.[10][11][12]

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External links edit

  • Doug Hoffman's official campaign site
  • Bill Owens's official campaign site
  • Dede Scozzafava's official campaign site
  • 2010 Race: New York District 23 campaign contributions at OpenSecrets
  • chart of aggregated poll results from Pollster.com

December 15, 2023
2009, york, 23rd, congressional, district, special, election, 2009, special, election, york, 23rd, congressional, district, held, november, 2009, select, successor, republican, john, mchugh, mchugh, nominated, become, united, states, secretary, army, june, 200. The 2009 special election for New York s 23rd congressional district was held on November 3 2009 to select the successor to Republican John M McHugh McHugh was nominated to become United States Secretary of the Army on June 2 2009 and resigned as representative of New York s 23rd congressional district on September 21 2009 after being confirmed by the Senate 1 2 2009 New York s 23rd congressional district special election 2008 November 3 2009 2009 11 03 2010 New York s 23rd congressional district Nominee Bill Owens Doug Hoffman Dede Scozzafava withdrawn Party Democratic Conservative RepublicanAlliance Working Families IndependencePopular vote 73 137 69 553 8 582Percentage 48 3 46 0 5 7 U S Representative before electionJohn M McHughRepublican Elected U S Representative Bill OwensDemocraticThe Democratic Party and the Working Families Party nominated businessman and attorney Bill Owens and the Conservative Party of New York nominated businessman and accountant Doug Hoffman The Republican Party and Independence Party nominated State Assembly member Dede Scozzafava who withdrew from the race three days before the election 3 and endorsed Owens 4 On Election Day Owens defeated Hoffman 5 The 2009 special election received significant national attention and was alternately described as a referendum on President Barack Obama and a fight over the identity of the Republican Party 6 7 The race was also noteworthy due to the Tea Party movement influence on its outcome 8 9 and for its impact on same sex marriage legislation in New York 10 11 12 Contents 1 Background 2 Candidates 2 1 Republican Party 2 2 Democratic Party 2 3 Conservative Party 2 4 Other parties 3 Campaign 4 Polling 5 Endorsements 5 1 Dede Scozzafava 5 2 Bill Owens 5 3 Doug Hoffman 6 Results and aftermath 7 Analysis 8 References 9 External linksBackground editSee also New York s 23rd congressional district New York s 23rd congressional district had historically been one of the most Republican districts in the United States The district s seat had been in Republican hands since 1873 13 The far northern portion of the district including the largest city Watertown had not been represented by a Democrat since the 1850s In parts of the district the last non Republican to represent the district had been a Whig 14 McHugh was first elected in 1992 and was reelected eight times with over 60 of the vote including running unopposed in 2002 Although McHugh was consistently elected with over 60 of the vote in recent years the district had been more competitive in United States presidential elections George W Bush narrowly carried the district in both 2004 against John Kerry 51 47 However Gore narrowly defeated Bush in what was then the 24th district in 2000 15 repeating Bill Clinton s victory there in 1996 Barack Obama defeated John McCain in the district 52 47 in 2008 16 Democrats had also recently done well in the district at the state level In a 2008 special election for New York s 48th State Senate district which is coextensive with the northwestern portion of the 23rd congressional district and includes Watertown Democratic Assemblyman Darrel Aubertine defeated heavily favored Republican Assemblyman Will Barclay Aubertine became the first Democrat to represent what is now the 48th Senate district in over a century 17 On September 29 2009 New York Governor David Paterson issued a proclamation setting the special election to fill the vacancy for November 3 2009 to coincide with the 2009 general election 18 19 New York law does not provide for a primary election in cases of a special election for a vacant House seat Instead each party s nominee is chosen by that party s county leaders within the district 20 Candidates editRepublican Party edit Seven Republicans announced their intentions to run 21 Three other Republicans 22 23 24 were considered potential candidates but declined to run Assemblymember Dede Scozzafava was designated as the Republican nominee On October 31 2009 Scozzafava suspended her campaign 25 and on November 1 2009 endorsed the Democratic candidate for the seat 26 Democratic Party edit State Senator Darrel Aubertine who represents most of the northern portion of the congressional district was the most widely rumored potential Democratic candidate but he declined 27 State Senator David Valesky who represents most of the southern portion of the congressional district initially said he was interested in running but later decided against it 22 28 Also declining to run was assemblywoman Addie Jenne Russell whose district includes Watertown The chair of the New York Democratic Party stated that Scozzafava s husband had spoken with key local Democrats about the possibility of her switching to the Democratic Party before running for the seat 29 The party eventually selected Bill Owens a military veteran and attorney from Plattsburgh 30 Conservative Party edit The Conservative Party chose Doug Hoffman as its nominee after three other potential candidates said they would support him 31 even though Hoffman did not live in the district 32 The Conservative Party declined to support the Republican Party s nomination of pro choice pro same sex marriage pro union Assemblymember Dede Scozzafava who Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long described as a nice lady who is too liberal 33 Hoffman had previously sought the Republican nomination In July when Scozzafava was nominated instead Hoffman offered to help her His email to her read Hi Dede Congratulations and the best of luck in your candidacy Let me know if there is anything I can do to help Doug 34 Shortly thereafter however he contacted Conservative Party leaders seeking support for his own candidacy 35 One Republican leader said that Hoffman while seeking the Republican nomination had repeatedly pledged to support the nominee 36 Other parties edit The chairman of the Independence Party of New York announced that the party would have cross endorsed Aubertine had he run 37 but with his decision not to run the party instead backed Scozzafava 38 After she suspended her campaign the state chairman of the party endorsed Bill Owens though several local chairmen instead endorsed Hoffman 39 Scozzafava remained on the ballot on the Independence Party line as well as the Republican line The Working Families Party backed Owens Under New York s fusion rule Owens s votes on the Democratic line and on the Working Families line were combined into a single total Campaign editThe race drew significant national attention because of the relatively large amount of support for a third party candidate from the national conservative base The Susan B Anthony List embarked on a 100 000 independent expenditure campaign for Hoffman 40 Many notable Republicans including former Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and former U S Senator Fred Thompson endorsed Hoffman rather than the Republican candidate because they deemed Scozzafava insufficiently conservative and ideologically indistinguishable from the Democrat 41 42 Scozzafava also drew strong opposition from the Tea Party movement with national Tea Party leader Michael Johns saying that his opposition to Scozzafava was the first time in my 25 year political and policy career that I ever opposed a Republican candidate 43 better source needed The Hoffman campaign ran television advertisements depicting Scozzafava and Owens as two peas in a liberal pod 44 Hoffman indicated support for tax cuts 45 and support for criminalization of abortion as well as opposition to same sex marriage the Obama health reform proposal 46 card check legislation 47 and cap and trade legislation 48 Scozzafava s record in the New York State Assembly included votes in favor of same sex marriage 49 and she had also received an award from a Planned Parenthood affiliate in 2008 50 51 Scozzafava s political positions included support for card check legislation 47 support for federal funding for abortion 52 support for President Obama s 2009 stimulus package 53 and a refusal to rule out support for health care reform that includes a public option 54 While Bill Owens did not favor public funding for abortion he did support President Obama s 2009 stimulus package 53 and card check legislation 47 An October 1 2009 poll by the Siena Research Institute put Hoffman in third place with 16 support behind Scozzafava with 35 and Owens with 28 55 However a Siena poll released two weeks later indicated that Owens led Scozzafava by four percentage points and Hoffman by 10 56 Polls taken a few days before the election showed Scozzafava s support collapsing an October 31 poll showed Scozzafava trailing both Hoffman and Owens by 15 and 16 respectively 57 Scozzafava suspended her campaign on October 31 25 58 In response to the Scozzafava withdrawal the Republican National Committee RNC which had strongly backed Scozzafava s candidacy issued a statement applauding her decision and announcing it was now supporting Hoffman 3 National Democrats immediately began a vigorous effort to convince Scozzafava to endorse Owens On November 1 Scozzafava endorsed Democratic nominee Owens 4 Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich while having initially supported the GOP nominee 59 remarked that he was deeply upset about her endorsement of Owens after Scozzafava s withdrawal from the race 60 RNC Chairman Michael S Steele questioned party leaders in upstate New York for using a committee process to select a congressional candidate Maybe you should have a primary the next time instead of having 11 guys in a room sit around and select your nominee said Steele 3 The New York Republican Party issued a statement saying Scozzafava s endorsement was a betrayal of the party and said In contacting Scozzafava the Obama White House has once again played its Chicago style politics here in New York 61 On November 2 one day before the election Siena released the results of a new poll showing Hoffman leading Owens 41 to 36 62 63 Vice President Joe Biden appeared with Owens at a campaign rally in Watertown on November 3 while former U S Senator and 2008 presidential candidate Fred Thompson appeared with Hoffman 64 On Election Day police were called to at least two polling sites in St Lawrence County following overzealous electioneering by supporters of Hoffman 65 Later Hoffman accused the Democratic Party of bringing in ACORN and trying to steal this election away from the 23rd district asserting that a campaign volunteer s tires had been slashed 66 Anton Troianovski of The Wall Street Journal later quoted Captain Michael Branch of the Plattsburgh City Police Department as saying This was not a tire slashing this was some guy who drove over a bottle and cut his tire 67 Polling editSource Date Dede Scozzafava Bill Owens Doug HoffmanSiena Research Institute 68 69 November 2 2009 6 36 41 Public Policy Polling 70 November 1 2009 13 34 51 Siena Research Institute 71 October 26 28 2009 20 36 35 Research 2000 72 October 26 28 2009 21 33 32 Neighborhood Research 73 October 25 26 2009 14 29 34 Basswood Research 74 October 24 25 2009 20 27 31 Research 2000 75 October 19 21 2009 30 35 23 Siena Research Institute 76 October 11 13 2009 29 33 23 Siena Research Institute 77 September 29 2009 35 28 16 Basswood Research 78 September 17 2009 20 17 17 McLaughlin amp Associates 79 September 9 2009 30 20 19 Poll commissioned by Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman Poll commissioned by the Club for Growth which endorses Doug Hoffman Poll commissioned by the Minuteman PAC which endorses Doug HoffmanEndorsements editDede Scozzafava edit Changes after withdrawal No known change Endorsed Owens Endorsed HoffmanOswego County ATV Club 80 New York State United Teachers 81 House Minority Leader John Boehner 82 The Wish List 83 Watertown Daily Times 84 Michael Steele chairman of the Republican National Committee 85 86 State Senator Betty Little 87 Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich 88 89 Assemblywomen Teresa Sayward 87 Representative Jeb Hensarling former Republican Study Committee Chair 90 Assemblywoman Janet Duprey 87 New York State Young Republicans 91 Assemblyman Jim Tedisco former assembly minority leader 92 Assemblyman Will Barclay 93 94 Assemblyman Robert Oaks 93 NRA Political Victory Fund 95 John Faso former assembly minority leader 2002 comptroller candidate and 2006 gubernatorial candidate 96 Assemblyman David Townsend 93 97 Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas 98 Jeffrey Graham mayor of Watertown 99 US Senator Susan Collins 100 Representative Ginny Brown Waite 100 Former Representative Tom Reynolds former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee 101 Representative Peter King 96 Bill Owens edit EndorsementsPresident Barack Obama 102 Former President Bill Clinton 103 Vice President Joe Biden 104 US Senator Chuck Schumer 105 US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand 106 Governor David Paterson 107 Attorney General Andrew Cuomo 108 State Senator Darrel Aubertine 109 State Senator David Valesky 110 Working Families Party 111 Syracuse Post Standard 112 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East 113 Communications Workers of America 114 MoveOn org 115 AFL CIO had endorsed Scozzafava 116 New York State United Teachers had endorsed Scozzafava 117 Frank MacKay chairman of the Independence Party of New York had endorsed Scozzafava 118 Watertown Daily Times had endorsed Scozzafava 119 Dede Scozzafava 4 Doug Hoffman edit EndorsementsConcerned Women Political Action Committee 120 Police Benevolent Association of the New York State Troopers 121 Former US Senator Fred Thompson 122 Club for Growth 123 The Susan B Anthony List 124 American Conservative Union 125 Citizens for the Republic PAC 126 Former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer 127 New York State Right to Life Political Action Committee 128 Columnist Michelle Malkin citation needed Columnist Bill Kristol 129 Talk radio host Mark Levin 130 Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh 131 Talk radio host Sean Hannity Talk radio host Glenn Beck 92 Talk radio host Hugh Hewitt Talk radio host Michael Medved 132 Talk radio host Laura Ingraham Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey 133 Eagle Forum 133 Representative Michele Bachmann 134 Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin 135 Former US Senator Rick Santorum 135 FRC Action the Family Research Council s political action committee 136 Former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes 114 James Dobson 137 Representative John Linder former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee 138 New York Post 139 Minuteman PAC 140 Representative Dana Rohrabacher 141 Representative Tom Cole former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee 142 America s Independent Party 143 GING PAC 144 National Organization for Marriage 145 Representative Todd Akin 146 Singer songwriter John Rich 147 Representative Steve King Representative Jeff Flake Gun Owners of America 148 Life and Liberty PAC 149 Catholic Families for America 150 Publisher Alfred S Regnery 151 Conservative writer Richard Viguerie 151 Governor of Texas Rick Perry 152 Representative Mary Fallin Representative Paul Broun Representative John C Fleming Representative John Shadegg Former Governor of New York and First Lady of New York George Pataki and Libby Pataki 153 Captain Scott O Grady United States Air Force retired Mayor of Plattsburgh Donald Kasprzak originally endorsed Scozzafava 154 Representative Darrell Issa originally endorsed Scozzafava 155 Representative Pete Sessions chairman of the NRCC originally endorsed Scozzafava 156 Representative Eric Cantor House Minority Whip 156 Representative John Boehner House Minority Leader originally endorsed Scozzafava 156 Michael Steele Chairman of the Republican National Committee 86 Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee 157 Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich originally endorsed Scozzafava 158 Former Representative and 2010 Gubernatorial Candidate Rick Lazio 159 New York State Young Republicans 91 Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb 160 Conservative activist Michael Johns Former Governor of Colorado Bill Owens 161 Results and aftermath edit2009 NY 23 special congressional election 162 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bill Owens 66 548Working Families Bill Owens 6 589Total Bill Owens 73 137 48 3 14 0Conservative Doug Hoffman 69 553 46 0Republican Dede Scozzafava 7 260Independence Dede Scozzafava 1 322Total Dede Scozzafava 8 582 5 7 59 6Majority 3 584 2 4 28 2Turnout 151 272 24 0Democratic gain from Republican Swing 13 6On Election Day Owens appeared to defeat Hoffman with the margin of defeat initially reported as 49 0 to 45 5 Although Hoffman initially conceded an initial re canvass resulted in a Hoffman gain of approximately 2 000 votes before military and absentee ballots were further factored in Poll inspectors reported Mr Hoffman had inadvertently received zero votes in four districts 163 With absentee ballots having yet to be tallied the results of the election could not be officially certified by the State of New York though Owens was sworn in based upon unofficial results 164 Owens was seated in time to vote yea on the Affordable Health Care for America Act on November 7 2009 165 Hoffman withdrew his concession on November 17 2009 166 On November 18 in a letter posted on his campaign website Hoffman declared that ACORN the unions and Democratic Party tampered with the ballots of voters in NY 23 167 Jerry O Eaton Jefferson County Republican elections commissioner called Hoffman s assertion absolutely false 168 On November 19 the Gouverneur Times alleged that a computer virus had tainted results and cast doubt on the accuracy of the counts retrieved from any of the machines 169 John Conklin director of public information for the NY State Board of Elections stated that the article unfortunately quoted a single word from a commissioner who mischaracterized the issue in question 170 Hoffman later retracted his accusations With the tallying of absentee ballots near completion on November 20 2009 Owens lead over Hoffman surpassed the total number of absentee ballots left making it mathematically impossible for Hoffman to win 169 On November 24 Hoffman ended his campaign stating it is with a heavy heart that we declare this election over We will formally end this election and not ask for a recount 171 The final election results showed that Owens prevailed by a margin of 48 3 to 46 172 Owens was later re elected to Congress in 2010 and 2012 A week after the 2009 election Scozzafava was stripped of her Republican leadership position in the State Assembly 173 After Scozzafava s unsuccessful congressional campaign she acknowledged that her name had begun being used as a verb scozzafavaed 174 175 Commentator Chris Good described the term as follows The gist basically is that if you re a moderate Republican and the conservative wing of the GOP sets out to get you and does you got Scozzafavaed 176 In April 2010 Scozzafava announced that she would not run for re election to the New York State Assembly in November 2010 177 In January 2011 Scozzafava was appointed New York Deputy Secretary of State for Local Government by Democratic Governor Andrew M Cuomo 178 Analysis editWhile some observers called the race a referendum on President Barack Obama and a fight over the identity of the Republican Party 6 7 others saw a victory for populist conservatism 179 One commentator stated that Hoffman s third party candidacy is striking for how much it has galvanized the Republican Party s base 180 According to one commentator t ea party conservatives see the GOP loss as a victory for conservativism over mere political party loyalty They re describing the defeat as a warning shot fired in defense of principle 181 According to Marilyn Musgrave of Susan B Anthony List Republican party leaders in Washington should take the message of the campaign and the election seriously that the Party base should 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