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Democrats retain upstate New York congressional seat in special election
Source: Associated Press
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Democratic state Sen. Timothy Kennedy won a special election Tuesday for the New York congressional seat vacated by Democrat Brian Higgins.
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. Describing Washington as chaotic and dysfunctional, he said he would focus in Congress on reproductive rights, immigration and stronger gun laws like those passed in New York after a 2022 mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.
New York has been a bulwark against Donald Trumps extremist MAGA agenda that has infected our politics and our nations capital, he said during the campaign. The MAGA extremists have made the House of Representatives a laughingstock.
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. Describing Washington as chaotic and dysfunctional, he said he would focus in Congress on reproductive rights, immigration and stronger gun laws like those passed in New York after a 2022 mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.
New York has been a bulwark against Donald Trumps extremist MAGA agenda that has infected our politics and our nations capital, he said during the campaign. The MAGA extremists have made the House of Representatives a laughingstock.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/special-election-congress-new-york-kennedy-dickson-e7b6956b577c63109491ccf805f0bc81
nb: this was never an at-risk seat.
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Democrats retain upstate New York congressional seat in special election (Original Post)
brooklynite
Apr 30
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Demsrule86
(69,096 posts)1. We won two in Michigan a couple of weeks ago...took back the legislature.
mountain grammy
(26,775 posts)3. Excellent!
Congrats to all involved. Quite a turnaround in MI. I know that took work.
HUAJIAO
(2,432 posts)2. Nate McMurray would have been a much better Representative.
But better Kennedy than a repub.
NBachers
(17,313 posts)5. Yup- I'm still paying attention to Nate McMurray. I followed his campaigns, and was so disappointed when the voters
didn't elect him. And I'm way over on the other side of the country.
Sky Jewels
(7,312 posts)4. Another over performance as compared to 2020.
👍🏼👍🏼
AllaN01Bear
(19,879 posts)8. people are miffed .
AllaN01Bear
(19,879 posts)6. i second what mountain granny said. hear hear.
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