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Associated Press - June 9, 2009 12:35 PM ET
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The New York Independence Party is pledging to support a Democrat in the special election for the 23rd Congressional District long held by Republican Rep. John McHugh.
Independence Party Chairman Frank MacKay tells The Associated Press his influential party will support Democratic state Sen. Darrel Aubertine if he decides to run for the seat representing northern New York.
Aubertine is considering a run if McHugh wins confirmation to become Democratic President Barack Obama's secretary of the Army.
The Independence Party was important in Democratic Rep. Scott Murphy's narrow victory in a special election in March for the 20th Congressional District, another GOP-dominated upstate district.
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