"Just confirmed that Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava has quit the race."More from FOX News:
Republican state Assemblywoman Dierdre Scozzafava has suspended her campaign for upstate New York's 23rd Congressional seat, leaving Democratic nominee Bill Owens and Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman in the race that will conclude Tuesday, Fox News has confirmed.Although Scozzafava did not endorse Hoffman, NRCC spokesman Ken Spain told FOX News that Scozzafava is releasing her supporters to vote for Hoffman.
The move comes on the heels of a new poll that showed Scozzafava had fallen behind her two competitors in a race too close.
The Siena College poll has Owens picking up 36 percent of the vote, while Hoffman has 35 percent. Scozzafava has 20 percent, with nine percent of voters undecided.
It's a turnaround from the first Siena poll on the race in September, which had Scozzafava leading, followed by Owens and Hoffman.
The special election is Tuesday.
Now that's what we call a game-changer!
Related: Check out these two tweets from Democrat pollsters PPP:
"With about 200 interviews down we had Hoffman 45 Owens 26 Scozzafava 17...her withdrawal will just make it that much easier for Hoffman"- JP
"Well that wrecks our NY-23 poll. We're finding Hoffman with more support than Owens and Scozzafava combined...explains the withdrawal"
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