With US Rep Elise Stefanik (R-NY) tapped to become UN Ambassador, that will cause a seat vacancy in late January … forcing a special election in the spring in NY CD-21. And a headache for the House GOP’s very precarious majority, as seat will be empty for a few months.
This is my cousins district and he says the North Country is flooded with right-wing groups in the mountains. The Democratic base is in the very south in the District around Glens Falls which is home to a lot of older Democrats who have been trending Republican. If this is even somewhat competitive it will be a miracle. There are Democrats around Plattsburgh near Canada as well but it's a college town and many cant vote there. In the west the military community in Watertown is pretty Republican.
Democrats held this district for a few terms during the Obama years but they've given up their gains and returned to their ancestral Republicanism. St. Lawrence County used to be comfortably blue but it's become a Republican stronghold in the Trump era.
Redistricting has made it more Republican. Unless Republicans totally screw things up in only three months, it’s virtually impossible for Democrats to make it a contest.
With US Rep Elise Stefanik (R-NY) tapped to become UN Ambassador, that will cause a seat vacancy in late January … forcing a special election in the spring in NY CD-21. And a headache for the House GOP’s very precarious majority, as seat will be empty for a few months.
https://x.com/Politics1com/status/1855953833987285081
https://x.com/anniekarni/status/1855936947669102657
Awesome news; hopefully Trump does more of this; Senate also 👍
This is my cousins district and he says the North Country is flooded with right-wing groups in the mountains. The Democratic base is in the very south in the District around Glens Falls which is home to a lot of older Democrats who have been trending Republican. If this is even somewhat competitive it will be a miracle. There are Democrats around Plattsburgh near Canada as well but it's a college town and many cant vote there. In the west the military community in Watertown is pretty Republican.
I think we should at least put up a fight
Democrats held this district for a few terms during the Obama years but they've given up their gains and returned to their ancestral Republicanism. St. Lawrence County used to be comfortably blue but it's become a Republican stronghold in the Trump era.
Redistricting has made it more Republican. Unless Republicans totally screw things up in only three months, it’s virtually impossible for Democrats to make it a contest.
still we should at worst put up a viable alternative
I think we will overperform but fall short by a comfortable margin.