Democrats began the year clinging to New York state as a bulwark against GOP gerrymandering and a potentially brutal midterm. Instead, it’s become a giant headache.
It’s an uncomfortable situation many New York Democrats feel was avoidable. The party used its control of state government to thwart a bipartisan commission tasked with drawing the new political lines, instead passing a map that could haveof the state’s 26 districts. But in one of the most consequential developments of the redistricting cycle, a Democratic-leaning court struck down the map as an illegal partisan gerrymander and imposed its own.
Local elections last year on Long Island ended in a rout for Democrats, with the GOP nabbing a slew of offices in Nassau and Suffolk counties after their candidates hammered Democrats on crime rates and the state’s new bail reform laws. Now, Democratic Reps.are vacating House seats there, leaving Republicans a chance to build on their gains without having to take on well-funded incumbents.
Santos lost to Suozzi in 2020 but came closer than other GOP candidates have in recent years. He has taken pointed steps to connect with diverse communities in the district: At an “India Day” celebration earlier this month, attendees stopped him to shake his hand or ask for pictures.Still, Democrats say they will have no problem yoking him to extreme elements in the party, noting that he attended pro-Trump rallies in D.C. around Jan.
Yet no matter who wins the special, Molinaro and Ryan are both running for full terms — but in different districts, thanks to another quirk of the state’s redistricting. Molinaro, the Dutchess County Executive and a long sought-after GOP congressional recruit, will face either farmer Jamie Cheney or attorney Josh Riley in what is likely to be the most competitive seat in the state this fall.
State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, center right, hugs campaign field director Cori Marquis during a canvass launch event for her campaign, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. | Mary Altaffer/AP Photo
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