N.Y. Democrat Murphy Wins House Race After Concession [View All]

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Source: Freep.com

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — Almost a month after a special election in a heavily Republican congressional district, the Democratic candidate claimed victory Friday when his GOP opponent conceded in a race that focused attention on President Barack Obama’s stimulus plan.

After the March 31 election in New York’s 20th District, Democrat Scott Murphy and Republican Jim Tedisco were separated by a handful of votes with thousands of absentee ballots to be counted. For nearly four weeks, the lead flipped back and forth but Murphy’s advantage started to grow this week and was more than 400 votes on Thursday.

Murphy is a venture capitalist multimillionaire from Missouri who has lived in New York for more than a decade. He replaces Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, who succeeded Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate after Clinton was chosen to be Obama’s secretary of state.

Murphy said he expects to be sworn in next week, and that he’s looking forward to getting to Washington where “the work’s piled up.” He said he received calls of congratulations from Obama and Gillibrand, both of whom had endorsed him.

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