The special election, at the same time, comes as Cuomo faces lingering questions from Democrats as to whether he would back their bid to take full majority control of their chamber. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Republicans won a one - seat majority in the chamber on Election Day, and with Brooklyn Democrat Simcha Felder conferencing with them, do not need the IDC to retain full majority power in the Senate. (nystateofpolitics.com)
«For all his intelligence, wit and fearlessness, this site suspects that Rees - Mogg as leader would be unable to overleap the legend of the nanny and the poshness and the supposed out - of - touchness, and cut through in the marginal seats, especially in the Midlands and the North, that the Tories need to win their first full majority since 1987,» said Goodman. (totalpolitics.com)