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GOP Ditches Purity Test for Candidates

Caroline Miller — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:04:17 CST

Republicans meeting in Honolulu yesterday dropped a requirement that candidates score at least 8 on a 10-point policy test in order to get party support and funding. The test was withdrawn after it was clear it lacked enough support to pass at the Republican National Committee's annual meeting, where one...

Hoffman Can't Catch Owens in NY-23 Race

John Johnson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:23:07 CST

It looks like the NY-23 race is over, again. With 3,072 absentee ballots left to be counted, conservative Doug Hoffman can't catch Democrat Bill Owens, who leads by 3,176 votes. State officials haven't called the race and won't until it's formally wrapped up, but the Watertown Daily Times...

NY-23 Race Isn't Over Yet: Hoffman Narrowing Gap

John Johnson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:48:12 CST

An odd twist in that closely watched congressional race from upstate New York: Even though Democrat Bill Owens is already sworn into office to represent NY-23, the state is still counting the ballots—and the margin between him and Conservative Doug Hoffman is shrinking. At last count, Owens led by...

GOP Bails on Its Feminine Side

Nick McMaster — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:47:00 CST

Rebelling conservatives pushed Republican Dede Scozzafava out of the House race in New York’s 23rd District because she’s a moderate. But she’s also a woman, and her ouster points to a toxic side effect of the tea party revolution: the closing of the GOP to all but the most reactionary...

Dem Owens Takes NY-23

Rob Quinn — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:55:02 CST

Retired Air Force Capt. Bill Owens has pulled off a major upset for the Democratic Party and won the closely watched election in New York state's 23rd congressional district. Owens was ahead of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman 49% to 45% with 92% of precincts reporting, according to AP . Moderate...

5 Things to Watch in NY-23 Race

John Johnson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:41:53 CST

With late polls inconclusive, Josh Kraushaar of Politico runs down five things to watch in the NY-23 congressional race as returns filter in: Dede Scozzafava's supporters: The big question is whether independent-minded GOP voters will go to her endorsed candidate, Democrat Bill Owens, or Conservative Doug Hoffman. Results from her...

GOP: It's Time to Rebrand to 'Conservative'

Rob Quinn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:29:24 CST

Candidates on both sides are doing their best to hide their party affiliation but it's the Republicans who have the most to worry about, writes Nate Silver . "The Democratic brand is marginal in about half the country, but the Republican brand is radioactive in about two-thirds of it ," Silver writes...

Limbaugh 'Handpicked' Hoffman: Biden

Harry Kimball — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:55:49 CST

Joe Biden took aim at a variety of GOP and conservative opponents today at a rally for New York congressional candidate Bill Owens. The VP said Conservative candidate Douglas Hoffman was “handpicked” by Rush Limbaugh, adding that Hoffman is in line with conservatives like Sarah Palin who “will not tolerate”...

Conservatives Declare War on GOP

Kevin Spak — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:36:02 CST

The conservative coup in New York’s special election shows just how little control the GOP has over the ascendant tea party movement—it's a mutiny, and it's just gaining steam, activists say. The folks who helped push Republican Dede Scozzafava out of the race in favor of conservative Doug Hoffman...