Hochul

Vice President Joe Biden personally called Hochul to offer his congratulations.

The Seattle Times 2011

Before the Weiner scandal broke, Democrats were riding high, coming off an unlikely special election win in western New York that centered on Medicare and put Democrat Kathy Hochul in a House seat long held by Republicans.

Anthony Weiner Resignation Relieves Democrats, Lets Medicare Message Live Again The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

In western New York's traditionally Republican 26th Congressional District, Democrat Kathleen C. Hochul won by running against the proposals to change Medicare to a voucher program in the budget and deficit reduction plan presented by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan and endorsed by virtually every House Republican Congressman.

Robert K. Lifton: Who Will Speak for the Unemployed? Robert K. Lifton 2011

In a special election in May, Republican Jane Corwin lost a House race to Democrat Kathy Hochul in one of New York's most conservative districts.

Replacing Weiner Collin Levy 2011

Before the Weiner scandal broke, Democrats were riding high, coming off an unlikely special election win in western New York that centered on Medicare and put Democrat Kathy Hochul in a House seat long held by Republicans.

Anthony Weiner Resignation Relieves Democrats, Lets Medicare Message Live Again The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Hochul's win is supposed to show how concerns about the future of Medicare might doom Republicans in swing districts.

Ron Mwangaguhunga: Why Anthony Weiner Should Sign on With Current TV Ron Mwangaguhunga 2011

Even many Republicans took out their worry beads earlier this year when Democrat Kathy Hochul ran a Mediscare campaign and won an open Congressional seat in upstate New York that Republicans had held for 58 years.

Mediscare Flops 2011

"Right now the party is trying to promote the recent victory of Democrat Kathy Hochul in a special election in New York's 26th congressional district as emblematic of a Democratic recovery from the debacle of the 2010 midterms," says the Christian Science Monitor's Peter Grier.

Ron Mwangaguhunga: Why Anthony Weiner Should Sign on With Current TV Ron Mwangaguhunga 2011

"Right now the party is trying to promote the recent victory of Democrat Kathy Hochul in a special election in New York's 26th congressional district as emblematic of a Democratic recovery from the debacle of the 2010 midterms," says the Christian Science Monitor's Peter Grier.

Ron Mwangaguhunga: Why Anthony Weiner Should Sign on With Current TV Ron Mwangaguhunga 2011

Hochul's win is supposed to show how concerns about the future of Medicare might doom Republicans in swing districts.

Ron Mwangaguhunga: Why Anthony Weiner Should Sign on With Current TV Ron Mwangaguhunga 2011