[neverdem]

Do you have a primary/runoff system where D’s and R’s all run in the SAME primary?

This is a special election. The GOP gave the nomination to a RINO. NY has a Conservative Party. They told the GOP to get lost and are running their own candidate, Hoffman, for Congress.

[ntnychik]

The special election is being held because Obama poached the Republican congresscritter and made him Secretary of the Army. I think that will leave New Yorkers with only one Republican seat if the D’s win.