Reactions To Last Night’s Results In the 23rd District
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Here’s some reactions to Democrat Bill Owens, left, surprising victory in the 23rd congressional district, in which he beat the Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman 49 percent to 46 percent.”
“The Democratic Party will not establish a litmus test for our candidates, like the one the Republicans imposed on their candidates in the 23rd,” said state Democratic committee chairman Jay Jacobs. “I’m proud to be a part of a Democratic Party that represents all of the working people of New York.”
From National Republican Campaign Committee chairman Pete Sessions: “The election in New York may provide a momentary victory for Democrats, but the results in two gubernatorial contests (In New Jersey and Virginia) tell us more about what 2010 holds in store for the party in power.
“Despite the unusual circumstances in this race, if we have learned anything from these across-the-board results it is that independent voters are dissatisfied with the direction that Democrats are taking this country and moving away from them at a rapid pace.”
From Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman:
“This election represents a double-blow for National Republicans and their hopes of translating this summer’s ‘tea party’ energy into victories at the ballot box. Not only did eight extreme right-wing groups spend more than $1 million to drive the moderate Republican – and the NRCC’s chosen candidate – out of the race. Now, after losing a seat that was held by Republican for nearly 120 years, they have to deal with an emboldened and well-funded far right-wing that refuses to tolerate moderate Republicans with differing opinions.”
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
