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Republicans, Outnumbered, Keep Power in Albany
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Jun 14, 2012 12:21pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | THOMAS KAPLAN |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "By any measure, the Republican Party in New York State should be on the ropes.
No Republican has been elected to a statewide office in a decade. Since the last presidential election, the number of registered Republicans in the state has dropped by 228,000; Democrats now outnumber Republicans roughly two to one.
Yet as they look toward the November elections, Republicans have reason for optimism.
They continue to have strong influence in Albany, thanks to a pragmatic alliance with the state’s Democratic governor, Andrew M. Cuomo. They are generally favored to retain their control of the Senate, thanks to gerrymandering designed to protect their incumbents, a strong fund-raising advantage, and a Democratic minority tainted with a reputation for corruption and division. And they hope that they can retain their strength in the state’s Congressional delegation — they now hold 8 of the 29 seats in a delegation that had only two Republicans at the time of the 2010 election.
“Republicans have a chance to hold just as many seats as they do now in the next Congress,” said David Wasserman, who tracks House races for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. “That would be a big victory.” |
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