Super PAC spending gets mixed results in Hudson Valley races
Photo credit: Newsday Westchester | Congressional candidate Sean Patrick Maloney speaks to a crowd of supporters after his primary victory at Teamsters Local 445 in Rock Tavern in June; and his rival, incumbent Congresswoman Nan Hayworth, speaks in August at a news conference about rebuilding the Forge Hill Road bridge in New Windsor. (Aug. 30, 2012)
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Money can't buy you happiness, but it might help you win a seat in Congress.
Democratic Super PACs pumped more than $1.6 million into Sean Patrick Maloney's bid to oust Republican congresswoman Nan Hayworth in the 18th District race, blanketing the airwaves with his message and biting criticism of her Tea Party support.
The money from outside New York was well spent, it seems. Maloney,...
