Key Republican figures backed third-party candidates for New York’s upcoming 23rd congressional district election.
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin endorsed Thursday the Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman over Republican Assemblywoman Dierdre Scozzafava in the congressional district race after she declared her own party had abandoned its core values, the AP reported.
Hoffman stands for Republican principles of smaller government, lower taxes and a commitment to individual liberty, Palin told the AP.
"The Republican Party today has decided to choose a candidate who more than blurs the lines, and there is no real difference between the Democrat and the Republican in this race," Palin said in a post on her Facebook page Thursday night.
A recent Siena College survey showed Democrat Bill Owens with 33 percent, Scozzafava with 29 percent and Hoffman with 23 percent, the AP reported. The poll of 617 likely voters had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.
Scozzafava has been endorsed by the National Rifle Association and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, but she's been criticized by some conservatives for her support for abortion rights, same-sex marriage and other issues.
Hoffman has also gathered the support of former Senator Rick Santorum, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, current Minnesota Representative Michelle Bachmann, former Tennessee Senator and presidential candidate Fred Thompson, and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes, the Christian Science Monitor reported.
“Our nation is at a crossroads, and this is once again a time for choosing,” Ms. Palin wrote Thursday on her Facebook page.
The offseason race to replace former Representative John McHugh, whom President Barack Obama named as his Army secretary, is set to be decided in the upcoming election
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