![]() ![]() Those suburbs fall within the television - and tabloid - market of New York City, which has been flooded by tales of murder and mayhem in streets and subways, many of which were amplified by Republican candidates. Two seats including Suffolk County were also safely in Republican hands, including the one vacated by Mr. 6 riot, defeated the Democrat Robert Zimmerman, and the Fourth Congressional District, where Anthony D’Esposito was declared the winner over Laura Gillen. Republicans had a big night on Long Island, sweeping four seats, including two in Nassau County vacated by retiring Democrats: the Third Congressional District, where George Santos, a financier who attended the Jan. Others criticized State Democratic Party chair Jay Jacobs, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who called - again - for his resignation on Wednesday. Zeldin, cited as an ally on the issue of crime. They sought culprits, including Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, whom some Republicans, including Mr. Some Democrats were deeply unhappy with the party’s congressional losses and other mediocre showings. “In a moment of panic, where a $30mil campaign failed to do basic engagement, and the biggest county Dem party had lost legitimacy, WFP had clarity, clout and trust to energize and mobilize boots on the ground,” Sandy Nurse, a left-leaning Democrat who represents Brooklyn on the New York City Council, wrote on Twitter. On Wednesday morning, several other groups were lining up to take credit, including the Working Families Party, a labor-backed organization that some said made up for a weak ground game by the governor’s team. Hochul praised unions for helping her pull out her win, and sure enough, unions like Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union said they had hundreds of members out knocking on doors in the last two days of the race, as well as working the phones. Hochul’s coattails did not extend far: While some key races were still too close to call, Democrats were clinging to supermajorities in both chambers of the Legislature, with Senate Republicans gaining seats on Long Island and the Hudson Valley, and Assembly Republicans scoring wins in southern Brooklyn. “And successfully govern a state as rough and tumble as New York.” ![]() “I have felt the weight on my shoulders to make sure that every little girl and all the women of the state, who have had to bang up against glass ceilings everywhere they turn, to know that a woman could be elected in her own right,” she said. Hochul acknowledged that milestone in her acceptance speech on Tuesday night in Lower Manhattan. Ryan then ran - and was leading - in the adjacent 18th Congressional District, though the race had not been called. Thanks to the state’s tortured redistricting process, Mr. Republicans also picked up seats on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, where Marc Molinaro, a former Republican candidate for governor, was declared the winner by The Associated Press in the 19th Congressional District, after losing a special election in August to Democrat Pat Ryan. ![]() Maloney in the 17th Congressional District, in the suburbs north of New York City. Republicans - who currently hold eight seats in New York - did make concrete gains, including a signature win for Assemblyman Mike Lawler, who knocked out Mr. ![]() That big wave, however, didn’t swell, as control of the House remained uncertain on Wednesday, and a haul of 15 Republican seats in New York seemed mathematically impossible. Representative Elise Stefanik, the self-styled “Ultra MAGA” upstate congresswoman who is the third-ranking Republican in the House, had confidently predicted a “red tsunami,” saying her party could take 15 of the state’s 26 congressional seats in the next Congress. The contest proved, yet again, that the biggest winners in statewide races may well be the consultants and other political professionals who work on campaigns. Hochul’s win came after a deep-pocketed campaign, and in spite of millions in outside spending on Mr. Schumer’s race was called right after polls closed in Brooklyn - his and Ms. Republicans also had hopes for down-ballot candidates like Joseph Pinion, a television commentator challenging Senator Chuck Schumer, and Michael Henry, a Queens attorney facing Attorney General Letitia James. Zeldin’s stronger showing on Long Island, his home turf, and in other suburban and upstate areas. Hochul ran up the score in New York City - the mother lode of Democratic votes. Trump who focused on crime and inflation - would break that streak. Zeldin - a conservative and friend of Donald J. Republicans haven’t won a statewide race since 2002, but had visions that Mr. ![]()
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