Updated, 6:25 p.m. A new poll commissioned by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee found vulnerable Rep. Bill Owens (D) ahead of Republican Matt Doheny by 12 points in a horse-race matchup. In a head-to-head ballot test in the newly configured 21st district, Owens got 50 percent to Doheny's 38 percent. Green Party candidate Donald Hassig pulled 4 percent, while 8 percent were undecided. Redistricting did no favors for Owens, who won in 2010 against Doheny and a third candidate with only 48 percent of the vote. The partisan tilt of the upstate district remained about the same: tossup territory. (more…)
