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The 2008 State Senate elections shifted political power in the chamber from the upstate-heavy Republicans to the New York City-centered Democrats. However, as evidence of continued Republican strength in the upstate, the Democrats won all but three seats in New York City but only five seats north of Westchester County.
GOP Rep. Mike Lawler vowed Monday to request a federal racketeering probe against New York over Albany Democrats’ plot to keep an Empire State congressional seat open – and hobble the ...
The Democratic candidate who will run to replace outgoing Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik in upstate New York can be heard in a resurfaced interview condemning U.S. Border Patrol for apprehending ...
Kennedy defeated Republican Gary Dickson for the upstate New York seat, helped by a 2-to-1 Democratic registration advantage in the district, which includes Buffalo, Niagara Falls and several suburbs. Kennedy has been in the state Senate since 2011.
The three Democratic presidents who were from New York are Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd) who was the governor of New York from 1929 to 1932, Grover Cleveland (22nd and 24th) who was the governor from 1883 to 1885, and Martin Van Buren (eighth) who was the governor in 1829. Van Buren is also the only Democratic vice president who was from New York.
Upstate New York, especially in rural areas, is generally more conservative than the cities and historically tended to vote Republican, although Democrats have made dramatic gains upstate in recent elections, and today the region is much more evenly split.
Last year Schumer, A Democrat, announced that the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services had agreed to adjust the rate upstate, starting Oct. 1, 2023, bringing in close to an extra $1 billion ...
Resigned to become justice in New York Supreme Court. 18th: March 4, 1919 – December 28, 1929 Hugh Carey: Democratic 12th: January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 Brooklyn Resigned when elected Governor of New York. 15th: January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974 Patrick J. Carley: Democratic 8th: March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1935 ? Gregory W. Carman ...