Rick Perry endorses Conservative over Republican in NY race

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2:59 PM Thu, Oct 29, 2009
Wayne Slater/Reporter
Rick Perry has sent out a fundraising email supporting Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman over Republican Dede Scozzafava for Congress in next Tuesday's special election in New York. Perry says Hoffman is "the only real conservative in the race" ... http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/10/rick-perry-endorses-conservati.html


Hoffman and Owens in a Tie for New York Special Election
October 29, 2009 2:26 PM
A new poll from DailyKos and Research2000 confirms what election watchers have been saying for the past week -- the special House election in upstate New York is coming down to a race between Democrat Bill Owens and third-party candidate Doug Hoffman. The poll was conducted Oct. 26 to 28. The election is Nov. 3. Among likely voters, Owens, an attorney, leads Hoffman, an accountant running on the state Conservative Party line, 33 to 32 percent, well within the 4 percentage point margin of error. Republican Dede Scozzafava lags behind at 21 percent. Fourteen percent remain undecided in the 23rd District, which takes in the Northeast corner of the state. Nine-term Rep. John M. McHugh resigned the seat in September to become Secretary of the Army ... http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/polltracker/2009/10/hoffman-and-owens-in-a-tie-for.html