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Following the New York Court of Appeals' December 2023 decision in Hoffman v New York State Ind. Redistricting. Commn., [8] the New York State Legislature drew new congressional district maps to be used beginning in the 2024 elections. [9] [10]
However, they could not reach an agreement on the map, and the Democratic-dominated New York State Legislature drew their own new Congressional map. In April 2022, in the lead-up to the 2022 midterms, the New York State Court of Appeals struck down the map as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander that failed to follow the proper procedures. [1]
Gregory Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (2021–present), Chair of the Queens Democratic Party (2019–present), U.S. Representative from New York's 5th congressional district (2013–present), former U.S. Representative from New York's 6th congressional district (1998–2013), former New York State Assemblymember from the ...
The results of elections in the state of New York have tended to be more Democratic-leaning than in most of the United States, with in recent decades a solid majority of Democratic voters, concentrated in New York City and some of its suburbs, including Westchester County, Rockland County and Long Island's Nassau county, and in the cities of ...
In 2008, Michael Arcuri won the election with 130,799 votes (9,454 from Working Families Party line) to Richard L. Hanna's 120,880 out of 282,114 total votes. Note that in New York State electoral politics there are several minor parties at various points on the political spectrum.
Sources vary on what proportion of party members must adhere to the party line in order for the vote to constitute a "party-line" vote. For example, in the United States, the Congressional Record has stated: "A party-line vote is one on which a majority of Republicans vote one way and a majority of Democrats vote another. 2. A bipartisan vote ...
In New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties will invariably endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office, hence the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").
State Assembly; State delegation to the United States Senate; State delegation to the United States House of Representatives (also see New York's congressional districts) For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.