In what ways was Scozzafava an alternative to Owens, besides gun control? Wasn't she a huge spender in the State Assembly?
EDIT: Apparently the Conservatives were isolating a number of Scozza's votes for tax increases, which she has justified (or attempted to justify). Got my google onn.
You are correct.
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Both the liberal and conservative ratings organizations (Americans for Democratic Action and Conservative Party of New York) have Scozzafava on the left-wing of the Republicans in the New York Assembly (not a notoriously conservative group). Moreover she has recently moved so far to the left in the past few years that she is well to the left of a lot of Democrats in the Assembly!
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