Although Nicole Malliotakis lost citiwide in her mayoral run against DiBlasio, she crushed him within the lines of the NY-11 congressional district (Staten Island and parts of South Brooklyn, including Bay Ridge).
Malliotakis is running for Congress in the NY-11 this year, and has an excellent chance of regaining the seat for the GOP, once again (and as has been the case for al of four of the past forty years) giving the party control of a House seat located completely within NYC. (By contrast, the last time that the GOP held a congressional district lying completely within Chicago was in 1995-97 after Michael Flanagan upset crooked Democrat Dan Rostenkowski, and prior to that it had been a while.)
Curiously, while the NY-11 has the highest Italian population of any CD in America, its Representatives since 2009 have been German-Irish Democrat Michael McMahon from 2009-2011, German-Irish-Italian Republican Michael Grimm from 2011-2015, Irish-Polish Republican Dan Donovan from 2015-2019, and Jewish Democrat Max Rose since 2019; hopefully the streak will continue with Greek-Cuban Republican Nicole Malliotakis starting on January 3, 2021.
Exactly my point. She was a credible opposition candidate to the commie Mayor and is a seasoned elected official from NYC, not some poor "sacrificial lamb" the NY GOP plucked out of nowhere and just placed on the ballot so they could have somebody in that slot.
What's more, the guy who ran against DeBlasio the FIRST time, although he is worthless RINO scum, was nevertheless chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also a former deputy mayor of New York City, making him a well known official to NY voters. Being Chairman of the MTA is often a stepping stone to a citywide elected post. He was hardly some random token name just thrown on the ballot.
The NYC GOP runs actual candidates AND wins from time to time, unlike the Chicago GOP.
Flanagan’s seat contained a little Suburban territory, Franklin Park, not to mention Chi enclave Norridge. He was the last time we had a seat with any major Chi territory. Henry Hyde had O’Hare I guess so we still had technical Chi territory until that seat was redrawn. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=22301
Tim Sheehan (defeated by Roman P in 1958)’s seat had Chi Enclave Harwood Heights and part of Norridge. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264530
So we’d have to go further back for a Chi ONLY GOP Seat. Looks like Edgar A. Jonas (49-54)’s seat was a small Northside district, hugging the border with Evanston and Lincolnwood but not crossing it!!!!! #12. Progenitor to the modern 9th. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264248