Democrats gear up for battle to flip New York seats that went red during redistricting battle
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James backed a recent bid to urge a court to allow the Empire State's congressional district lines to be retooled while national Democrats ramp up their financial firepower to retake those seats.“I am committed to protecting the rights of all New Yorkers to fully participate in our electoral system,” Hochul said in a statement.
At the heart of the ruling was the Democrat-controlled state legislature's decision to seize control of the mapmaking process when the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission reached a deadlock. The court of appeals deemed the decision to bypass the IRC and the partisan nature of the map unconstitutional.
Reapportionment traditionally transpires every decade with the new census. In an amicus brief filed Friday in the Appellate Division, Third Department of the New York State Supreme Court, James, and Hochul argued that the special master's congressional lines were appropriate for the 2022 midterm elections, but the state now has time to generate new maps.
Four of the Republican flips include New York Republican Reps. George Santos, Anthony D'Esposito, Mike Lawler, and Marc Molinaro. Republicans managed to grow their congressional seat count by nine seats, holding the House 222 to 213."New York Democrats just seem to HATE democracy. The people of New York will face another nonsensical redistricting scramble due to the never ending search for absolute political power," Santos tweeted.
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