May 24 (Bloomberg) — Democrat Kathy Hochul led Republican Jane Corwin by 4 percentage points in the latest Siena College poll before today’s special election for a U.S. House seat in western New York testing the impact of a national debate over containing the cost of Medicare.

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Update: [from Joyce C. http://www.13wham.com/content/news/elections/default.aspx]

The Associated Press has declared Democrat Kathy Hochul the winner in New York’s 26th congressional district special election.

Hochul defeated Republican Jane Corwin and Tea Party candidate Jack Davis in the race to replace disgraced former Rep. Chris Lee, a Republican who became known as the “Craigslist Congressman” after sending shirtless pictures of himself to a woman who posted a dating ad on the Web.

The battle, however, may not be over for Corwin. Earlier in the day, the Buffalo News reported that Corwin took the first step toward a recount by getting a court order from the New York Supreme Court preventing a certification of a winner.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/24/democrat-hochul-declared-winner-over-republican-corwin-in-ny-26/#ixzz1NKSJWtAh

Don’t forget, Dems.  She did this by fighting back against the GOP onslaught on Social Security.  She didn’t roll over; she fought back!

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