Obama, Sandy gave Tim Bishop a lift

Originally published: November 7, 2012 9:10 PM
Updated: November 7, 2012 10:04 PM
By PAUL LAROCCO paul.larocco@newsday.com

Photo credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara | Congressman Tim Bishop speaks to supporters at his election night headquarters in Islandia after winning re-election. (Nov. 6, 2012)

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Rep. Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) was able to beat Republican Randy Altschuler by more than 11,000 votes -- after edging the challenger by only 593 votes in 2010 -- in part because of President Barack Obama's victory in the county and the effects of superstorm Sandy, political analysts said.

Bishop, 62, won his sixth term Tuesday by a 4.4 percentage point margin, compared with one-third of a...

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