In my absence, a lot has happened in the race to replace Congressman John McHugh. Conflicting polls, shifting support, big name endorsements, independent expenditures, attack ads out the wazoo. The list goes on and on. The biggest news in this race so far took place over the weekend. Dede Scozzafava, the Republican candidate in the race, dropped out on Saturday, three days before the election. If that news wasn’t big enough, she followed it up on Sunday with an endorsement of Bill Owens, the Democrat in the race. Keep in mind: this was after the Republican Party dumped nearly $1 million dollars into supporting her campaign.
Because this all happened over the weekend, the final polls in the race (which were taken over the weekend) don’t give us too much information, though it appears that Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman is the biggest winner after Scozzafava’s decision to exit the race. Scozzafava remains on the ballot on both the Republican and Independence lines. Most Republicans that supported Dede switched their allegiance to Hoffman, but the Independence Party chairman endorsed Bill Owens. It has been a crazy few days, but it is all over (hopefully) tomorrow night.
I've added a video below as an example of how ridiculous Dede Scozzafava's campaign was. She held a press conference outside of one of Doug Hoffman's campaign offices, apparently forgetting that campaign offices are usually full of volunteers and campaign signs.
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