Even though it was always considered a Republican stronghold, Matt Doheny was unable to unseat Democratic incumbent Rep. Bill Owens.

In whatever form it’s drawn, the North Country district was represented by the GOP for decades before Owens won the seat in a 2009 special election. Doheny says it’s because the dynamics of the area have changed.

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Here is Rep. Owens’s victory speech:

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