GOP Hopes Special Election Is Special Circumstance
- By Shira Toeplitz
- Roll Call Staff
- Nov. 3, 2009, Midnight
Is there another Doug Hoffman waiting in the wings?
Hoffman, the Conservative Party nominee in an upstate New York race that will be decided today, effectively forced the Republican nominee out of the race this weekend. But while Hoffman’s situation might be unique to a special election in the Empire State, similar ideological divides are likely to be showcased in Republican primaries across the country next year.
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