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New York Race Big Test for GOP

By Emily Cadei and Jackie Kucinich
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 8, 2009, Midnight

Conservative Republicans have been loudly criticizing the party’s nominee in the Nov. 3 special election to replace former Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.), but now prominent moderates are leading the charge to push back against those critics and help elect state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, who faces a challenge from the right as well as from Democrats.

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