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With New York now a battleground state in this year’s midterm elections, New York’s large and diverse 19th Congressional District features a tight and tumultuous race between attorney and former congressional staffer Josh Riley and Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro. The redrawn district contains 776,971 people in its borders and […]
On the morning of Thursday, October 27th, The Legislative Gazette conducted an interview with congressional candidate for District 18, Colin Schmitt, R-New Windsor. Schmitt currently serves as the Assemblyman for New York’s 99th District covering sections of Rockland and Orange County. Schmitt has held office since 2018. He is […]
Republican challenger Lee Zeldin and Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul faced off in the only scheduled gubernatorial debate for New York, hosted live by Spectrum News 1. The debate took place at Pace University in Manhattan live from the Schimmel Theater and was hosted by Spectrum political anchors Errol Louis of […]
In a race identified as a toss up by Real Clear Politics, all eyes are on the 18th Congressional District of New York as Democrat Pat Ryan and Republican Colin Schmitt fight for a large swath of the Hudson Valley. Pat Ryan D-Gardiner and Colin Schmitt, R-New Windsor are running […]
According to a recent Siena College Research Institute poll, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is leading his Republican challenger Paul Rodriguez by 24 points, among likely state voters. The October 18 poll shows DiNapoli leading with 54 percent of the vote to Rodriguez’s 30 percent. Siena found that 21 percent of […]
The most recent Siena College poll finds strong support among likely state voters for a proposal to borrow $4.2 billion for environmental protection and clean energy projects. Siena College pollsters asked “On the ballot this year is a proposal to authorize the sale of up to $4.2 billion of state […]
Six points. In 2018, Democrat Max Rose won the 11th Congressional District seat by six points. In 2020, Republican Nicole Malliotakis took the seat, winning by six points. With three weeks before the election, Malliotakis is holding on to a six-point lead again. Pollsters are predicting another single-digit race in […]
Three weeks before Election Day, Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul has a slight edge on Republican challenger Lee Zeldin 50 – 46 percent in the New York governor’s race, according to a Quinnipiac University poll of likely voters in New York state released October 18. Democrats (91 – 8 percent) support […]