Bob Turner, the winner, cast the election as a referendum on Obama’s stewardship of the economy and, in the state’s 9th Congressional District, which has a large population of Orthodox Jewish voters, the president’s position on Israel.
Turner, 70, a retired cable television executive who has never served in elective office, defeated Democratic State Assemblyman David Weprin, 55, who has two decades of public service experience, to fill the seat left vacant when Anthony Weiner (D) resigned in disgrace in June after more than 12 years in the House.
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It's noteworthy:
David Weprin is an Orthodox Jew and Bob Turner is not Jewish.
Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by 3-to-1 in the district
Election results:
Republican Bob Turner 32,403 53%
Democratic David Weprin 27,599 46%