Democrats in New York who had hoped to capitalize on anti-Trump sentiment and decide up a number of congressional seats throughout the state had be
Democrats in New York who had hoped to capitalize on anti-Trump sentiment and decide up a number of congressional seats throughout the state had been delivered sobering information this week, with two first-term Democratic congressmen at risk of dropping and candidates far behind in three different districts the occasion had hoped to flip.
Hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots are nonetheless uncounted and over all of the state stays a Democratic stronghold — the occasion predictably faired nicely in city areas with heavy Democratic illustration.
However the outcomes, significantly within the suburbs, appeared to validate the message of Republican candidates who campaigned on “legislation and order” and who tied Democrats to progressive radicalism and efforts to defund the police.
The outcomes confirmed a widening political divide between New York Metropolis and different city areas and the remainder of the state. They usually additionally mirrored a shift again towards Republicans after Democrats had made inroads in swing districts in 2018.
In a single swing district encompassing Staten Island and components of Brooklyn, Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican state assemblywoman endorsed by President Trump, was main Consultant Max Rose, a first-term Democrat, by about 37,000 votes. Whereas she had already delivered a victory speech, Mr. Rose has not conceded and about 52,000 absentee ballots nonetheless have to be counted.
In Central New York, Claudia Tenney, a former Republican congresswoman and shut ally of Mr. Trump, was main towards Anthony Brindisi, a average Democrat who defeated Ms. Tenney in 2018 in a slim upset.
And on Lengthy Island, Andrew Garbarino, a Republican, declared victory over Jackie Gordon, a veteran of the Military Reserve, in a race to exchange Consultant Peter King, the 14-term congressman who was retiring.
Lee Zeldin, a Republican incumbent on Lengthy Island, had a large lead over Nancy Goroff, a chemist and a professor at Stony Brook College.
Thomas Suozzi, a Democrat incumbent on Lengthy Island, was dropping to George Santos, a Republican personal fairness government, by a small margin.