Richard Hanna is by far the most pro-abortion Republican in Congress (even more pro-abortion than Charlie Dent of PA-13 and Robert Dold of IL-10). I can see someone calling Hanna a “moderate” on other issues, but his voting record on life issues is that of a pro-abortion extremist.
Hanna’s CD (NY-22) is one of the more Republican districts in Upstate New York. Romney actually carried the NY-22 n the 2012 presidential election despite the drubbing that Obama gave him statewide. The RATs don’t hold a single U.S. House seat in the Northeast that was carried by Romney over Obama, and they won’t be able to beat Assemblywoman Claudie Tenney (who will win both the GOP and Conservative Party nominations) next year.
Uber-RINO Richard Hanna was sure to lose the primary. As mentioned, he was the most pro-abort Republican in Congress.
Ex-Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney is the candidate that Republicans need to rally around. I think that Republicans are marginally favored to hold this seat, though not assured of victory.
This just in (posted on Politics1.com): Democrat Steve Israel announced that he will not seek reelection next year. His Suffolk County (Long Island) CD (NY-03) is the most Republican-leaning CD in the Northeast not to be held by a Republican—it gave Romney 48.2% in 2012 despite Obama running strongly in NY after Hurricane Sandy. This now has become one of the GOP’s best U.S. House takeover opportunities in the nation.