By running as Conservative Party candidate, Doug Hoffman insists that he's fighting for the "heart and soul of the Republican Party," so doesn't want to be perceived as a spoiler.

The Washington Times reports that, "despite siphoning critical support away from official Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava, the candidate at the heart of the GOP civil war in upstate New York shrugs off warnings that he'll cost Republicans a House seat long held by the Party."

Democrat Bill Owens has a slight lead in polls, with Mr. Hoffman and Mrs. Scozzafava trailing and seemingly splitting the conservative vote in New York's 23rd Congressional District.

Mr. Hoffman said defiantly in an interview that "since I'm the only conservative candidate in the race, I think that Bill Owens and Dede have to be concerned about splitting the liberal vote."

The newcomer to politics, an accountant who lived in relative obscurity three months ago, is campaigning in the special election to fill the congressional seat vacated by Rep. John McHugh, a nine-term Republican, in a race that has become the first national test of the anti-liberal "tea party" movement.

The Washington Times quotes Mr. Hoffman as saying that, "the reason I stepped up was not only to stop this big government and higher taxes. I'm stepping up to save the heart and soul of the Republican Party. I think there are a lot of average citizens like me around the country who are worried about this excess spending, worried about government taking over our liberties."

Such high-profile Republicans as former Sen. Fred Thompson, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Minnesota gov. Tim Pawlenty have already endorsed Hoffman's upstart campaign. Advocacy organizations including the conservative Club for Growth have flooded hundreds of thousands of dollars into the campaign on his behalf, while Dick Armey, the former House Majority Leader, a pivotal organizer of the tea party protests, has struck the campaign trail to persuade upstate New York voters to elect Doug Hoffman for Congress.

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