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Sen. Jen Metzger on Tuesday conceded the race for the 42nd Sate Senate District following a prolonged count of mail-in ballots in the Hudson Valey and Catskills. Three weeks after Election Day, most of the approximately 30,000 absentee and affidavit ballots have been counted. Metzger, a first-term Democrat, picked up […]
As more absentee and mail-in ballots are counted across New York state, many close races are being called. Senator Anna Kaplan, D-Great Neck, will continue her service as State Senator for New York’s Seventh Senate District after Republican challenger Dave Franklin conceded the election. “This afternoon I received a call […]
Even though there is no danger that New York will turn red anytime soon, Republican leaders are finding some good news in the down-ticket races for Congress and the state Legislature. There is no chance that President-Elect Joe Biden will not get New York’s 29 Electoral College votes. The last […]
Republican Anthony Palumbo ran against Laura Ahearn for the New York State Senate District 1. This district includes Eastern Long Island’s Riverhead, Montauk, Port Jefferson, Hampton Bays, Shoreham, Mattituck and Orient Point, to name a few. According the the New York State Board of Elections results, Palumbo holds the lead […]
First-term Democratic Senator Monica Martinez is being challenged by Islip Town Tax Receiver Alexis Weik in the 3rd Senate District. The District, long held by Republicans, covers much of south-central Suffolk County, including portions of Brookhaven and Islip and most of Brentwood. Martinez won the seat in the “blue wave” of 2018 […]
Former Westchester County Executive, gubernatorial candidate and CNN contributor Rob Astorino is trying to retake the 40th Senate District from first-term incumbent Democratic Senator Peter Harckham. The district is considered “in play” for both Democrats and Republicans. Harckham took the district from Republican Sen. Terrence Murphy in 2018. Prior to […]
Four-term incumbent Angelo Santabarbara is facing a challenge from political newcomer Paul DeLorenzo for the 111th Assembly District this Nov. 3. The district includes both rural communities such as Duanesburg and Canajoharie and urban cities like Schenectady. The rural populations lean red, while urban centers like Schenectady have a more politically […]
First-term state Senator Julia Salazar is up for reelection on Tuesday, facing a Brooklyn plumber who is pushing for major reforms to the New York City Housing Authority. Salzar is the first-term incumbent for Senate District 18, which encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Cypress Hills, Greenpoint and Williamsburg, and […]