18th NY Hayworth loses to Maloney

President Bill Clinton's former aide Sean Patrick Maloney has won the congressional seat in New York's 18th District. The Democrat ousted freshman Republican Nan Hayworth, who he said was too conservative for the Hudson Valley district.

He had cited her tea party support and her embrace of vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's Medicare plan. Maloney becomes New York's first openly gay member of Congress. Hayworth had called him a carpetbagger, claiming he lived in Manhattan.

The redrawn district in the generally moderate region had been considered an opportunity for Democrats, but a September poll showed Hayworth with a big lead. Since then, Maloney won the Working Families Party line on the ballot. He also had Clinton's endorsement and big labor backing

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