Posted on 04/24/2018 6:48:46 PM PDT by napscoordinator
Special elections in New York on Tuesday will present voters with nearly a dozen state legislative races from Buffalo to Long Island, and could prove decisive in the Democrats’ yearslong quest to capture all levers of state government.
The vacancies in the State Senate and Assembly are the result of incumbents decamping for other positions. State election officials say Tuesday will see a historic number of contests. “I can’t think of any time that we’ve had this many special elections on a single day,” said John Conklin, a spokesman for the Board of Elections.
The most critical races to the future of Democrats and Republicans are the two for State Senate, one in Westchester County and the other in the Bronx. Democrats have long enjoyed a comfortable margin in the 150-seat Assembly, but control of the Senate has mostly eluded them, because of a power-sharing arrangement between Republicans and eight renegade Democrats.
Despite a technical majority in the Senate, Democrats have taken a back seat to Republicans in the upper chamber, watching as the collaboration between Republicans and the so-called Independent Democratic Conference stymied legislation on issues like childhood sexual abuse and voting rights.
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i’m in NY but there was no special election in my district...the republicans in NY are, for the most part, the poster children for RINO’s/GOPe/the stupid party...
they are a bunch of spineless cowards who fight like little girls...
Upstate is GOP.
NYC is a Democrat stronghold.
No need to hold back. Just say what you think! ;0)
Yet they have stymied Assembly Democrats.
Doesn’t sound like little girls rushing to fellate Cuomo.
Pious Mario has his own troubles...
Between April 2010 and July 2016, the latest data available, 846,669 more people moved out of New York state than moved in. That’s the largest outflow in the country.” — Politifact, December 2017
That is close to 1 MILLION people in six years!
I’m sure all the Dems who are going to win these special elections have a plan to stop the exodus.
My Dad got smart and left in 1966 after having lived there for almost 40 years.
NY will lose more congressional seats and EV for 2024.
Bad news for the Democrats. In 1960, NY was No. 1
TX is already the second most populous state in the country.
I think you posted this to the wrong person. I was just mocking GlA's comment.
Didn’t mean to be crude.
That said, its not all hopeless even in a one party state like NY.
Agreed. Every little pocket of conservatives is a life ring.
Any results on the election?
No body posted anything. Heh
I left in 1980...upstate...went to Colorado left there in 2001...Californians and pot have ruined that state...the country is doomed...libs leave and then vote for the stupid party...GOP on the state level tends to be alright...federal level worse than the democrats..
“Between April 2010 and July 2016, the latest data available, 846,669 more people moved out of New York state than moved in. That’s the largest outflow in the country.” — Politifact, December 2017
That is close to 1 MILLION people in six years!”
The sad part is that many of these people are moving to states like Virginia, North Carolina and Florida - further tipping those states out of the Red column.
I think both FL and NC are actually tipping more red, not blue. I know in FL the trend shown by voter registration in the last year or so has been significantly toward the GOP. LS has been tracking this on FR and on Twitter.
Kim welcomes peace and prosperity, Cuomo goes full Marxist and shuts down the NYS economy - Amazing times we live.
Vote Row C.
yup....i know “Republicans” who work in local parties here and i call them vichey Republicans...drives them nuts..
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