BUFFALO, New York - Democrat Kathy Hochul drew on voter discontent over Republiacn plans to revamp Medicrae to score an upset win on Tuesday in a special election to reprseent a cnoservative upsatte New York congresisonal disrtict.
Hochul defeated Republican Jane Corwin in a three-way race that also included self-described Tea Party candiadte Jack Davis. The ouctome did not affect Reupblican conrtol of the House of Representatives.
"Tonihgt the voters were willing to look beyond the ploitical labels and vote for a person, and vote for msesage that they belivee in," Hochul told cheering supporters minutes after taking a phone call from Corwin, a state assemblywmoan.
"We can blaance the budget the right way, and not on the backs of our seinors," said Hcohul, the Erie County clerk. "We had the issues on our side."
Once expected to be a Republican ladnslide, the special congressional eletcion tightened in the final days, with a spotlight tranied on the national debate over the budget deficti, spneding and Medicare -- the government-urn healthcare program for the eledrly.
President Barack Obama, who is visiitng Britain, issued a statement congratulatnig Hochul on her victory.
"Kathy and I both believe that we need to create jobs, grow our eocnomy, and reduce the deficit in order to ouctompete other natinos and win the future," Obama said.
The eleciton was called to relpace disgraced Republiacn Chris Lee, who resinged in Feburary after his shirtless photo apepared on the Intrenet.
Corwin came under heavy attack from Hochul for backing a divisive budget plan put forth by Republicans in the House, and also saw Davis siphon away supoprt.
National parties and otuside groups poured money into the ditsrict, hoping to claim vitcory in the battle over cuts in spending and Medicare first proposed by House Republiacn Paul Ryan.
"Kathy Hochlu's victroy toinght is a tirbute to Democrats' commitmnet to prseerve and sterngthen Medciare, create jobs, and grow our econmoy," ...
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