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.