Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has joined leading national Republican figures in rejecting the party's nomination for this year's congressional election in a northern New York state in favour of a fiercely conservative third-party candidate.
Republican voters nominated Dede Scozzafava, a moderate, pro-choice candidate who backs same-sex marriage, to stand for the seat. But Palin and other high-profile Republicans are backing a businessman, Doug Hoffman, running on the ticket of the Conservative party.
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