NY9 Special Election Update: Democrats Lost Because of.... Jews, Gays, Candidate Recruitment, Chuck Schumer, Elvis

Earlier this week, we put out an alert to Maryland Democrats to keep former Rep. Anthony Weiner's Congressional seat in Democratic hands. The election was yesterday, and very simply put, we got our hineys handed to us. Democrat David Weprin was unable to pull off a victory, handing this Brooklyn-based Democratic stronghold over to a marginal Republican candidate.

The New York Times had this summary (and spin):

A little-known Republican businessman from Queens, channeling voter discontent with President Obama into an upset, won election to Congress on Tuesday from the heavily Democratic district in New York City last represented by Anthony D. Weiner.

The Republican, Bob Turner, a retired cable television executive, defeated Assemblyman David I. Weprin, the scion of a prominent Democratic family in Queens, in a nationally watched special election.

With 84 percent of the precincts counted early Wednesday, Mr. Turner was leading Mr. Weprin by 54 percent to 46 percent, according to The Associated Press.

ALERT: Maryland Dems Needed for NY Race // Plus, Alarming Poll Results in NY9

I just received the action alert below from the Young Democrats of America. Their Campaign Director, Marshall Spevak, encourages Democrats around the country to make calls from home, as we try to retake Congress from the extreme right.

[ Monday or Tuesday: Make Calls from Home ]

Tomorrow, voters in New York's 9th Congressional District will head to the polls to elect their next representative. This seat was previously held by Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner (yes, he is the Twitter pic guy, blah blah), and Obama carried the District in 2008 with 55% of the vote. But a recent poll from Democratic group Public Policy Polling (PPP) is causing alarm among Dems: