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Republican Dede Scozzafava, who dropped out of New York's 23rd district special election amid Conservative Doug Hoffman's surge--and endorsed Democrat Bill Owens--is out of the state Assembly's GOP conference.

Last week's NY-23 race , hilarious while in progress, gets a pretty funny sidebar in the Washington Post 's follow-up with Dede Scozzafava , who was hounded out of the race by national conservatives and whose endorsement of Democrat Bill Owens probably won him the election.

Questioning Dede's endorsement motives - The Scorecard: Questioning Dede's endorsement motives November 02, 2009 Categories: New York Questioning Dede's endorsement motives Jumping off today's POLITICO story reporting that Rep.

Patricia Eddington 's win as Brookhaven Town clerk. Minutes before polls closed, Pontieri said he was "very interested" in running a special election early in 2010.

November 03, 2009, 7:58AM John Berry / The Post-Standard Dede Scozzafava exits her campaign vehicle Oct.

After weeks of ups and downs and unknowns in the special election for the 23rd congressional district of New York with conservative candidate Doug Hoffman losing to Democrat Bill Owens analysts can agree on one absolute: we love drama.

DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen released the following statement on Congressman-elect Bill Owens' victory in the Special Election in NY-23: "Congratulations to Congressman-elect Bill Owens on his remarkable victory.

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Republican Recruiting and the National Environment Getting Mike Castle is the latest in a series of recruitment successes for Senate Republicans.

New York Democrat Bill Owens, and Republicans Chris Christie of New Jersey and Bob McDonnell of Virginia, were the big winners in Tuesday's elections, while Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, and Democrats Jon Corzine of New Jersey and Creigh Deeds of Virginia were the losers.

In early returns last night, Democrats in the Suffolk County Legislature were hanging on to their majority, but three lawmakers who caucus with the Democrats were in close races with Republican challengers.

A day after Republican moderate Dierdre Scozzafava abruptly dropped her bid for an upstate congressional seat, she endorsed her Democratic rival, not the Conservative Party candidate favored by the GOP establishment.

Fearful that the party had almost no chance of winning the Nov. 3 New York special election after Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava abruptly announced Saturday that she was dropping out, high-ranking national Democrats immediately began working to secure her endorsement of Democrat Bill Owens, POLITICO has learned.

The White House has been trying to sideline Gov. Paterson since September. A Republican pol's head-turning decision Sunday to endorse her Democratic opponent in a race that's crucial to President Obama came after a full-court press by the White House and the state's top Dems.

Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz , Steve Israel and Joseph Crowley are raising tons of money, dishing the cash to key House colleagues and cementing their place in Nancy Pelosi's inner circle.

It's official. In a statement released to the Watertown Daily Times , Dede Scozzafava urging her supporters to support her former Democratic opponent over de facto Republican candidate Doug Hoffman, who she declined to mention.

Another election, another debacle for New York Republicans. While GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava's abrupt withdrawal Saturday from the Nov.

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden night touted Rep. Steve Israel as "one of the serious people" in Congress during a Manhattan fundraiser for the Huntington Democrat .

Craig Johnson "hostile to the Nation's interests" - and targeted him for electoral defeat.