HOFFMAN CLOSING ON OWENS
Democrat ahead of Conservative by 2,512 votes
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009
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Democrat Bill Owens is leading in the 23rd Congressional District race.

The Plattsburgh attorney has 57,050 votes compared to Conservative Doug Hoffman, a Lake Placid CPA, with 54,538 votes.

Dede Scozzafava, a Republican who dropped out of the race Saturday, has 6,982 votes.

There are more than 10,000 absentee votes to still be counted.

Owens now leads in Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton and Essex counties.

Hoffman leads in Lewis, Oswego, Oneida, Fulton, Hamilton and Madison counties.

Owens is maintaining a 48 percent to 46 percent lead.

Four precincts in St. Lawrence County are having mechanical problems and total results for the county won't be available tonight.

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Keep your finger crossed.

"Four precincts in St. Lawrence County are having mechanical problems and total results for the county won't be available tonight."

Nor until they can get Acorn to massage the count.

The latest results have this going to Hoffman (49-42 with 92% votes in). Fox News called it for Hoffman this morning as well. First time a D has been elected here since the 1890's. This is perfect example of the extreme activist base in the republican party driving out the moderates. This RINO cleansing they are doing is going to either lead to them being a permanent minority party or to the formation of a truly viable 3rd party for all the moderates that have been driven out of the shrinking GOP tent.