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Oswego Daily News

Star Power Arrives To Wake Up Sleepy Congressional Race

This is the week in which the sleepy race for Congress from our area woke up and became a top-tier battle.

Top Republicans and Democrats stepped up this week to support their candidates, including President Obama, ending months of speculation that one party or the other would not worry about this race as it would not change the balance of power in Washington either way.

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Fulton Daily News

Gov. Sets Special Election Date As Candidates For Congress Keep Moving

Gov. David Paterson Tuesday signed a proclamation that marks Nov. 3 as the date for the special election to replace McHugh, who was named Secretary of the Army by President Obama. The date is the same as the regular November elections, a move that will save the 11 counties of the 23rd Congressional District the expense of running a full election for just one office.

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Community

Citizens for the Republic PAC Backs New York Doug Hoffman

Citizens for the Republic PAC, a federal political action committee, founded by Ronald Reagan in 1977 and dedicated to revitalizing the conservative movement, is endorsing New York Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman for Congress in this year’s Special Election for New York’s 23rd District.

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Community

Hoffman Blasts Growing Deficit As Death Sentence Of Debt

Doug Hoffman, the conservative Republican candidate for Congress (NY-23) today blasted the Democratic controlled Congress and the Obama administration for what he termed a “death sentence of debt” that is strangling the economy and fiscal well being of this nation. The Essex County CPA and small businessman made his comments in response to the White House announcement that the federal deficit will jump by $ 9 trillion over the next decade.

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Hoffman Signs Anti-Tax Pledge; Challenges Scozzafava and Owens to do the same

Doug Hoffman, the conservative Republican candidate for Congress (NY-23) today called on his opponents in the race to join him in signing the Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) Tax Protection Pledge. The pledge, a mere 40 words, affirms that those who sign it will work to oppose higher taxes on the American public.

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