There is no way for Republicans to spin away Democrat Kathy Hochuls victory in New Yorks deeply red 26th congressional district. This is a big setback for Paul Ryans budget and a warning for Republican incumbents everywhere. This is simply not a district a Republican should have lost. Conservative overreach has clearly woken up Democrats and has gone down badly with independents. The GOP cant claim that Republican Jane Corwin lost because of a vote split with Tea Party candidate Jack Davis. With 87 percent of the precincts in, Hochul had 48 percent to Corwins 42 percent. Davis got just 9 percent, and the Green Party candidate picked up 1 percent. Lets assume Hochul drops a point when the missing precints, which are mostly from Republican areas, are in. Republicans cant claim that all of the votes that went to Davis, a former Democrat, would have gone to Corwin.
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