Republican wins in New York Democratic stronghold
Republicans won an upset victory in a Democratic stronghold in New York on Tuesday in a special US House of Representatives election for the seat vacated by former Representative Anthony Weiner, who resigned after a Twitter sex scandal.
Republican Bob Turner, a retired media executive who called the election a repudiation on President Barack Obama, defeated Democrat David Weprin, a state assemblyman, by six points, 53% to 47% a New York cable television station said.(Reuters)
