Bill Owens
Bill Owens is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (Democrat) representing the 23rd Congressional District of New York. He came to office in a November 2009 special election, unusual in which the Conservative Party (New York State) candidate Doug Hoffman, with support from the Tea Party Movement, led Republican Dede Scozzafava to drop out and endorse Owens. [1]
Owens is an attorney who had never before held elective office, but had been active in community economic development, bringing jobs from Canada into the northern New York State district, and redeveloping Plattsburgh Air Force Base, a former major employer, after its closure. Fort Drum is still active in the district. The seat became vacant when John McHugh was appointed U.S. Secretary of the Army in the Obama Administration. Owens' being named to the House Armed Services Committee reinforces the importance of military spending to the district.
Committee assignments
Congressional caucuses
Issues
Voting ratings
Sources: Links to the voting ratings guides of the above organizations together with brief descriptive information on the organizations themselves, may be found at: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Interest_group/Catalogs
2008 Election
Candidate | Party | Vote total | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
John M. NcHugh | Republican | 143,029 | 65.33% |
Michael P. Oot | Democrat | 75,871 | 34.66% |
Source: Federal Election Results - final official tally
2010 Elections
Primary election:
- See also: 2010 U.S. Congressional election
Notes
- Representative Bill Owens - official Congressional web site
- ↑ Justin Blum, "Republican Scozzafava Backs Democrat in New York Congress Race", Bloomberg News