NATIONAL BRIEFING / NEW YORK
Almost a month after a special election in a heavily Republican congressional district, the Democratic candidate has claimed victory after his GOP opponent conceded in a race that focused attention on President Obama’s stimulus plan.
After the March 31 election in New York’s 20th District, Democrat Scott Murphy and Republican Jim Tedisco were separated by a handful of votes with thousands of absentee ballots to be counted.
For nearly four weeks, the lead flipped back and forth, but Murphy’s advantage started to grow and was more than 400 votes Thursday.
Tedisco conceded the race Friday.
Murphy replaces Kirsten Gillibrand, who succeeded Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate after Clinton became secretary of State.
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