Sentences with phrase «watched special congressional election»
(CNN)- Doug Hoffman - the conservative third party candidate running in upstate New York's closely watched special congressional election - raked in $ 116,000 in the last 24 hours, a campaign spokesman confirmed to CNN.
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That opposition helped catapult her political career, which later included an unexpected victory in a nationally watched special election for a Buffalo - area congressional seat.
On a night when the GOP retained a congressional seat in an Arizona special election, the race in Western New York was also being watched and trumpeted by Republicans looking for signs of momentum heading into November.
CNN: Democrat Kathy Hochul wins House seat in New York special election Democrat Kathy Hochul swept to victory Tuesday night in a closely watched Congressional election in New York state, which turned into a proxy battle on a House Republican proposal on Medicare.
WASHINGTON (CNN)- Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty, two Republicans widely viewed as possible 2012 White House hopefuls, weighed in Thursday night on the closely - watched special election in New York's 23rd congressional district.