New York almost single-handedly cost Democrats their House majority in last fall’s midterm elections. Now a leading Democratic group is preparing to pour record sums into the state, in hopes it can deliver the party back to power next year.
Rep. Anthony D'Esposito , who narrowly won a House race in 2022 and may face a tougher race in 2024, in Garden City, N.Y., Sept. 16, 2022.
The planned Democratic infusion would dwarf outside spending in the state in recent election cycles and reflects just how central traditionally blue New York has become to the national House battlefield for both parties. Of the 18 districts nationwide that President Joe Biden won in 2020 that are now represented by Republicans, New York is home to six.“The path to the majority runs through New York,” Mike Smith, the group’s president, said in an interview outlining its plans.
“These freshman Republicans have no real track record to run on, other than what’s happening in the national space,” Smith said. “And that’s George Santos, Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene and the most extreme elements.” The Congressional Leadership Fund has yet to detail its strategy for 2024. But Tuesday, several vulnerable House Republicans — Santos not among them — established a new joint fundraising committee named “New York Majority Makers,” designed to help bundle smaller contributions to protect their seats.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the party’s new House leader, has called for a careful review of what went wrong. But for now, the party’s progressive and moderate wings have vastly different prescriptions on how to address concerns about public safety and rising living costs that are especially acute here. The party’s left flank has spent months agitating to remove the more moderate chair of the state party, Jay Jacobs, who they believe has overseen a moribund organization.
Still, at least on paper, many of the districts could easily change hands in a presidential election year, when Democrats historically turn out in higher numbers.
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