(D) Hochul Defeats (R) Corwin in New York Congressional District 26!

Republicans have over reached; and now, as always happens when the Republicans over reach, they begin to lose elections.  They lose elections even when the spend three to four times more than the Democratic candidate; they lose elections because they have utterly failed policies.

From MSNBC:

Democrat wins House election on Medicare issue Race was seen as referendum on Republican plan to transform popular program

In a special House election carefully watched by national political strategists, Democrat Kathy Hochul won what had been a Republican seat Tuesday in upstate New York, lifting Democrats’ hopes for the 2012 campaign.

As her campaign’s centerpiece, Hochul attacked changes in the Medicare program proposed by House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan.

“I will fight any plan that tries to decimate Medicare — that is something people in this district feel passionately about and I do as well,” Hochul said in a debate last week with Republican opponent Jane Corwin, who supported the Ryan budget plan.

With about three quarters of the precincts reporting, Hochul had 48 percent and Corwin 42 percent, and The Associated Press called the election for Hochul.