[Ben Ficklin]

Nobody is willing to admit that Hoffman lost because he has yellow/brown teeth.

[RichInOC]

So Scozzafava got crushed because she was even uglier?

[w. Seymour]

All joking aside, some people will vote based solely on appearance and Hoffman's dental hygiene would have been a real turnoff to such voters. It even jumped out at me when I first viewed his website, and I'm not the kind of person to judge based on appearances.