Third Parties Ride Wave -- Voter Frustration Evident for Tuesday's Elections
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › November 02, 2009
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NEW YORK - Third party candidates are shaking up two major races in elections Tuesday, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters angry at government and disillusioned by politics as usual.
In New York's 23rd Congressional district, where longtime Republican Rep. John McHugh stepped down to be Army secretary, Dede Scozzafava, the candidate chosen by state GOP leaders to replace him, was forced out of the race by a surging Conservative Party candidate, Doug Hoffman. High-profile national Republicans endorsed Hoffman, saying Scozzafava, a state assemblywoman who supports abortion rights and gay marriage, had abandoned core GOP values.See the full content of this document
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Third Parties Ride Wave -- Voter Frustration Evident for Tuesday's Elections
On Sunday, Scozzafava announced she's endorsing Democrat Bill Owens.
In the New Jersey governor's race, independent Chris Daggett has gone from afterthought ...See the full content of this document
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