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BY NICOLE THOMPSON

ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN

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A congressional district that hasn’t elected a Republican since the 1920’s -- has done just that. And Bob Turner says -- his win is President Obama’s loss.

BOB TURNER, NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN: “We have been told this is a referendum, and we're ready to say, 'Mr. President, we are on the wrong track.” (CBS)

Voters in New York’s ninth congressional district elected Republican Bob Turner to fill Anthony Weiner’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Weiner left office after a widely-publicized sexting scandal.

And political analysts are jumping on the bandwagon -- asking whether this is a window into President Obama’s chances of recapturing the presidency in 2012. Fox News’ Martha Maccallum is just one.

MARTHA MACCALLUM, FOX NEWS: “The fallout from this election has sent shockwaves across the political landscape. And looking at this map, you can see very clearly why, folks. A sea of blue surrounds New York City and its outer suburbs. But District 9 is now in the red category.”

And Republicans already in office are picking up the narrative as well. CBS News reports...

“House Speaker John Boehner said in a statement Tuesday night that New York voters ‘delivered a strong warning to the Democrats who control the levers of power in our federal government.’”

But some political analysts point out-- there were other politics in play here. CNN’s Mary Snow explains-- Turner played to the district’s 40 percent Jewish population, and even received some support from the other side of the aisle.

MARY SNOW, CNN: “The question became, whose a stronger supporter of Israel. And the Republican went after President Obama saying he wasn’t supporting Israel enough. And he got some help from Ed Koch, a former New York City mayor who is a Democrat, he endorsed the Republican in this race over the issue of Israel and President Obama’s policies on it.”

We should mention -- Democrats are dismissing the whole story line -- with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s head calling the election “not reflective.” The New York Times’ Michael Shear says -- we’ve seen this before from both sides.

“It’s a dance that seems to always play out in the hours after a special election: the winning side declares the results to be the front edge of a national wave, while the losing side dismisses the results as a localized phenomenon, nothing more.”

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