'Unconceding' an election

last updated 8 January 2015

Doug Hoffman, the conservative party candidate who seemingly lost the hotly contested race for New York's 23rd congressional district surprised many by announcing on Glenn Beck's radio show that he is "unconceding" in the hopes that as-yet-uncounted absentee ballots will tip the vote in his favor. His opponent, Democrat Bill Owens, is already seated in Congress and has cast a key vote on the health care bill and even Hoffman admits it's a long shot. So why he is taking this unusual step? (Hear Doug Hoffman's "unconcession" on Glenn Beck's radio show)

The election was "stolen": A series of counting errors have tightened the vote count considerably, says The Lonely Conservative blog. "Is it a coincidence that the errors all happened to be in Owens’s favor?" Still, even if Hoffman comes out on top, he'd have to contend with "an army of lawyers" to unseat Owens.