NRCC Chairman Sessions: We Would Welcome Hoffman With "Open Arms"

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6:33 PM, Oct 29, 2009 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

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The House Republican leadership is prepared to welcome Doug Hoffman into its ranks, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) said Thursday, a sign that the GOP establishment is recalibrating its approach toward the contentious New York special election and the Conservative Party nominee whose candidacy has divided the party.

"He would be very welcome with open arms," Sessions told POLITICO in an interview off the House floor.

Sessions's comments came as polls showed Hoffman surging in the Nov. 3 special election against Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava, a moderate who supports abortion rights and gay marriage, and Democratic attorney Bill Owens. Nearly a dozen rank-and-file Republican members announced their endorsements of Hoffman Thursday.