A bit of a history lesson for Democrats claming NY23 win is their first since the Civil War

Nancy Pelosi and Democrats are creaming their pants claiming that by winning NY-23’s Congress seat, they have done something that they haven’t done since the Civil War. Unless the Civil War happened back in 1979, then something is terribly wrong with this claim. New York’s current 23th district was of course re-”districted” over and over along like many others. But lets take a look back at exactly what party controlled the “district”, data from Wikipedia

Jonathan B. Bingham	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973		Redistricted to the 22nd district
Peter A. Peyser	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977		Redistricted from the 25th district
Bruce F. Caputo	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979
Peter A. Peyser	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983
Samuel S. Stratton	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989	Schenectady	Redistricted from the 28th district
Michael R. McNulty	Democratic	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993	Green Island	Redistricted to the 21st district
Sherwood Boehlert	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	New Hartford	Redistricted from the 25th district, Redistricted to the 24th district
John M. McHugh	Republican	January 3, 2003 – September 21, 2009	Pierrepont Manor	Redistricted from the 24th district Resigned to become Secretary of the Army

Ok, Am i missing something here? Was there a civil war in 1979? The 1980s? 1993? Doug Hoffman’s loss as a 3rd party candidate to a Democrat in this district isn’t as historic and earth shattering as liberals and the media want you to believe. Oh, and remember, the next election for this district is less than a year away.

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November 4, 2009 · Filed Under Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, congress

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