Republicans Score Upset Win for Weiner’s N.Y. House Seat
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Voters dealt a rebuke to President Barack Obama in a typically Democratic district, electing Republican Bob Turner to the New York City House seat that scandal forced Anthony Weiner to give up.
With 92 percent of the vote counted in yesterday’s special election, Turner had 53 percent and Democrat David Weprin had 47 percent, the Associated Press reported.