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What You Should Know / November 13, 2009

Did Rightwing Tea Bagger Actually Win NY-23 Election? Recount Could Mean Bye-Bye Health Care Reform, Hello Tea Bag Revolution…

www.syracuse.com -- Conservative Doug Hoffman conceded the race in the 23rd Congressional District last week after receiving two pieces of grim news for his campaign: He was down 5,335 votes with 93 percent of the vote counted on election night, and he had barely won his stronghold in Oswego County. As it turns out, neither was true. But Hoffman’s concession -- based on snafus in Oswego County and elsewhere that left his vote undercounted -- set off a chain of events that echoed all the way to Washington, D.C., and helped secure passage of a historic health care reform bill.