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New York's 20th congressional district special election, 2009
← 2008 March 31, 2009 (2009-03-31) 2010 →
 
Nominee Scott Murphy Jim Tedisco
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 80,833[1] 80,107[1]
Percentage 50.23% 49.77%
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The 2009 special election for the 20th congressional district of New York was held on 31 March 2009 between Democrat Scott Murphy and Republican Jim Tedisco. On 24 April, after recounts of absentee ballots took place, Tedisco conceded the election.[2] The congressional vacancy had occurred when New York Governor David Paterson appointed the former Congresswoman representing the 20th district, Kirsten Gillibrand, to the United States Senate in January, replacing Hillary Clinton, who resigned to become United States Secretary of State.[3]

Traditionally, the district leaned conservative and was considered a safe Republican seat until it became a swing district when Blue Dog Democrat Gillibrand defeated incumbent John E. Sweeney in 2006.[4] As of 1 November 2008, the Republican Party held an enrollment advantage of 70,632 registered voters across the district, down from a 93,337 voter advantage when the district lines were drawn by the New York State Legislature in 2002.[5][6] In 2004, George W. Bush carried the district by an 8-point margin, although he lost statewide by a substantial margin.[7]

In 2008, Gillibrand had been reelected with 61% of the vote (an increased margin over her win in 2006). Additionally, Democratic President Barack Obama carried the district against Republican nominee Senator John McCain by a margin of 50.7%-47.7%, or by approximately 10,000 votes of over 330,000 cast in the district.[8]

In February 2009, both the Rothenberg Political Report and the Cook Political Report had listed the race as a "toss-up."[9][10]

On Election Day, both candidates received 77,225 votes.[11] Absentee ballots decided the election; the last ballots were accepted until 13 April. On 23 April, Murphy was ahead by 401 votes.[12] Tedisco conceded the election to Murphy on 24 April.

Candidates

In lieu of party primaries, the party nominees were chosen by a weighted vote among the county committees. The weight of the vote depended on the population of registered party voters (Republican or Democrat) in a given county.[13] Saratoga carried the most weight in the ten-county district.[14]

Republican Party

Jim Tedisco

State Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco was the Republican nominee. Tedisco won the GOP nomination on 27 January.[15] The state assembly district Tedisco represents includes a significant portion of Saratoga County, the largest county in the district. (Tedisco lives just outside the district, in Saratoga Springs.)

State Senator Betty Little[16] and former state Assembly minority leader and 2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate John Faso had been in the running for the Republican nomination. Richard Wager, a former aide to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg[17] and State Senator Stephen Saland had also been mentioned.[18] Alexander “Sandy” Treadwell, the former New York Secretary of State and 2008 U.S. House challenger had announced he would not run.[14]

On 24 January, Tedisco received the endorsement of Saratoga County's Republican chairman.[19] Meanwhile, the Greene County GOP had endorsed Faso.[20]

Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele said the special election was the first of three elections that were "incredibly important" for the Republicans to win.[21]

Democratic Party

Scott Murphy with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand at a campaign stop in Brunswick

Scott Murphy, President of the Upstate Venture Association of New York, became the Democrats' nominee on 1 February.[22] Murphy lives in Glens Falls.

On 31 January, The Post-Star reported that the Democrats had narrowed the field of potential candidates from over two dozen applicants down to six. The Democratic chairpersons met with all six candidates at the out-of-district Gateway Diner in Albany on 1 February and selected Murphy as their candidatee.[23][24]

Other confirmed individuals include Saratoga County Democratic Chairman Larry Bulman;[17] former New York Rangers goaltender Mike Richter;[17] Coxsackie Town Supervisor Alex Betke;[25] and Tracey Brooks, failed candidate for the nomination for the 21st district election in 2008.[18]

Third parties

Eric Sundwall, Chair of the New York Libertarian Party, was the Libertarian Party candidate for the seat. However, he was removed from the ballot after 3,786 of the 6,730 signatures his campaign had collected were ruled invalid.[26] Under state election law, independent congressional candidates must collect at least 3,500 valid signatures to get on the ballot.[27] Two Saratoga County residents challenged over 6,000 of Sundwall's signatures. Sundwall commented:

Mr. Tedisco denies any involvement with the concerted effort by his supporters to knock me off the ballot. I don’t believe him. The ruthless effort by his supporters to knock me off the ballot without a word of protest by him proves his unfitness for any office, let alone Congress, in these critical times.[28]

The vast majority of the rejected signatures were from voters who put down their mailing address instead of the municipality in which they physically live. Votes for Sundwall on absentee ballots, which were mailed out before he was removed from the ballot, were voided.[26] On 27 March, Sundwall announced that he would vote for Murphy in the election and urged his supporters to join him.[29]

Campaign

Election day was set when, on 23 February 2009, Governor Paterson issued a proclamation for a special election.[30] Under state law, Paterson was not required to issue a proclamation for a special election until July 2010.[31]

Strategists from both parties viewed the results of the race as a referendum on President Obama's handling of the economy. The Republican leadership made this race a top priority, as RNC Chairman Michael Steele, former Governor George Pataki, House Minority Leader John Boehner, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich helped Tedisco with fundraising. Steele visited the district twice.[32] On the Democratic side, Senator Gillibrand has appeared in commercials and robocalls for Murphy and Senator Chuck Schumer helped the campaign with fundraising.[32] Just under a week prior to the election, President Obama formally endorsed Murphy in a mass email to supporters[33] and urged supporters to organize and vote for Murphy.[34] A radio ad Vice President Joe Biden recorded for Murphy was released on 25 March. The same day, Democratic National Committee (RNC) Chairman Tim Kaine emailed 500 of the party's top donors asking them to contribute to Murphy's campaign.[35]

The RNC spent $100,000 on Tedisco's behalf.[36] The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent $150,000[37] and the Service Employees International Union spent $315,000 for Murphy.[38] The New York State United Teachers made an effort to call its members on Murphy's behalf while the National Right to Life and National Republican Trust political action committees and the National Right paid for ads and mailings supporting Tedisco.[39]

Each candidate aimed to discredit the other by pointing out flaws or mistakes relating to the competition. Republicans called attention to Murphy's failure to pay taxes on a start-up computer software company he'd founded in the nineties, drawing comparison to three high-profile Obama administration nominees who failed to pay all of their taxes.[40] Tedisco also called attention to Murphy's failure to regularly vote in elections,[41] after the National Republican Congressional Committee announced that Murphy had failed to vote in the 2000 presidential election, along with seven other primaries and general elections between 2000 and 2003.[42] With his lead in the polls dwindling in March and believing the negative ads run by the National Republican Congressional Committee were responsible, Tedisco announced that he would take control of campaign advertising from the NRCC.[43]

Murphy spent the first months of the campaign criticizing Tedisco's early refusal to say how he would have voted on President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act[41] When Tedisco came out in opposition to the legislation on 16 March, Murphy responded by writing, "It's just shameful it took well over a month for Assemblyman Tedisco to finally admit that he'd vote 'No'"[44] Murphy's campaign regularly described Tedisco as a career Albany politician.[45]

By mid-March, a provision in the stimulus package that grandfathered in bonuses paid to executives at troubled insurance giant AIG and other TARP recipients became a campaign issue. Tedisco, who has been criticized by Murphy for opposing the package, used the outrage over the AIG bonuses to reframe the debate.[46] On 19 March, Tedisco called for the resignation of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner over the AIG controversy.[47] Murphy responded by insisting that the stimulus package was necessary for job creation.[48]

Endorsements

  • 22 March 2009: Declaring that "the upcoming special election in the 20th Congressional District nothing less than a referendum on the Obama economic stimulus plan," The Daily Freeman (based out of Kingston) endorsed Murphy for supporting it.[49]
  • 22 March 2009: Expressing a desire "having candid, dissenting voices in any political body to keep the majority from going astray," the Poughkeepsie Journal endorsed Tedisco.[50]
  • 29 March 2009: While acknowledging Tedisco's role in creating the STAR Program and vocal support for a property tax cap, The Times Union endorsed Murphy as "a candidate who would work with Mr. Obama to achieve his goals."[51]
  • 29 March 2009: Citing the need for "an experienced, effective representative in Congress," The Post-Star (based out of Glens Falls) endorsed Tedisco.[52]
  • 29 March 2009: Impressed by his "public service, experience and political philosophy" as well has his opposition to a union card check bill The Saratogian endorsed Tedisco.[53]
  • 29 March 2009: Claiming that "Tedisco has the track record that will make him a solid check and balance in Washington," the Troy Record endorsed Tedisco.[54]

Polling

Poll Source Date administered Scott Murphy (D) Jim Tedisco (R) Eric Sundwall (L)
Siena Research Institute[55] March 25—26[56] 47% 43% 2%
Siena Research Institute[57] March 9—10[58] 41% 45% 1%
Benenson Strategy Group‡[32] February 24—25[32] 37% 44% 4%
Siena Research Institute[59] February 18—19[60] 34% 46% --
Public Opinion Strategies†[61] February 3—4[61] 29% 50% --

† Commissioned by Tedisco’s campaign and the NRCC
‡ Commissioned by the DCCC

Election results

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, initial counts from the election had Murphy leading by about 60 votes, out of over 150,000 cast.[62][39] Columbia County's Board of Elections amended its tally the following day, reducing Murphy's lead to 25 votes.[63] The lead flip-flopped between the two candidates throughout early recanvassing; at one point the New York State Board of Elections had listed the election at a zero-vote margin, with each candidate having 77,225 votes.[11] On 7 April, Tedisco was ahead by 97 votes.[64] The close tally meant that absentee ballots decided the race.

All ballots, absentee ballot envelopes, and voting machines were impounded under a court injunction sought by state Republicans. Under the court order, absentee ballots were counted in central locations rather than individual precincts. The unwieldly precinct counting process has fueled much of the controversy plaguing the 2008 Minnesota Senate race recount.[65] 6,000 of the 10,000 ballots sent out were returned.[62] Absentee ballots mailed within the United States had to be received by 7 April to be counted. The deadline for overseas (including military) ballots was extended to 13 April after the United States Department of Justice sued the state to ensure they would have a reasonable chance of being counted.[66] Counting of absentee ballots due by 7 April began on 8 April under a New York State Supreme Court ruling sought by Murphy's campaign.[67] Delaware and Otsego counties began counting overseas and military ballots on 14 April. On 24 April, Murphy was ahead by 399 votes[68] and Tedisco conceded on 24 April, making Murphy the winner.[2] Murphy was sworn in on 29 April.[69] The official results came out in May and have Murphy winning the election with 80,833 votes (50.23%) against Tedisco's 80,107 votes (49.77%).[1]

While still serving in the Assembly, Tedisco resigned the position of Minority Leader, being replaced by Brian Kolb.[70]

2009 NY-20 special congressional election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Scott Murphy 70,240
Independence Scott Murphy 6,754
Working Families Scott Murphy 3,839
Total Scott Murphy 80,833 50.23
Republican Jim Tedisco 68,775
Conservative Jim Tedisco 11,332
Total Jim Tedisco 80,107 49.77
Majority 726
Turnout 160,940
Democratic hold Swing

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