[SMGFan]

An initial analysis of the map released Tuesday shows that Rep. Bob Turner’s (R-N.Y.) district has been dismantled, reshuffling the lines on Long Island and pushing other area congressmen closer to Queens. In upstate New York, Reps. Kathy Hochul (D) and Charles Gibson (R) still have districts to run in but will find themselves in more difficult political territory. ...

Other Long Island-area members including Steve Israel (D), Gary Ackerman (D), Carolyn McCarthy (D) and Peter King (R) also saw their territory heavily rejiggered, but they all have options to have a district to themselves. King will have to choose either to run in a district that has no incumbent but appears less favorable for Republicans or challenge McCarthy to the west. “I’ll be leaning toward running in the [open district],” King told The Hill. “She’s a friend, she’s an incumbent, and obviously you never want to run against a friend unless you have to.” Ackerman’s district currently straddles Queens and Long Island’s Nassau County, but Ackerman will be pushed into a new all-Queens district. That sets him up for a primary challenge from state Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D), who also plans to run for that seat.

http://tinyurl.com/7xjb6z5

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/redistricting/214449-court-drawn-map-in-ny-guts-turners-district-squeezes-hochul-gibson

[BfloGuy]

Kathy Hochul and Brian Higgins will be running against each other. FReepers may remember Hochul for her town-hall meeting last week in Buffalo where she said that Congress wasn't even considering the Constitution when it came to the contraception issue.

It made a local stir as Buffalo is still hugely-Catholic. Higgins is a Dem, too. But my money would be on him to win.