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In close races in the Hudson Valley, GOP candidates also held on, and in a Western New York swing district that includes portions of the Buffalo area, Republicans took the post back from Democrats.

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The investigation stemmed into de Blasio's efforts to help elect Democrats to the state Senate in 2014 using county Democratic committees to aid candidates running in key swing districts outside of New York City including the Hudson Valley and in Monroe County.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Thursday sought to exert pressure on Republicans in swing districts in upstate New York after it was revealed Attorney General Jeff Sessions met twice last with the Russian ambassador.

As The NYT reported today, the coalition of wealthy business types, which seemed strikingly similar to the Committee to Save New York when it was first announced earlier this year, are mobilizing an effort on removing money from politics with mailers in swing legislative districts.

It's partly because Republicans created boundaries efficiently in redistricting and partly because the most Democratic districts in the country, like those in urban portions of New York or Chicago, are even more Democratic than the reddest districts of the country are Republican, meaning there are fewer Democratic voters remaining to distribute to swing districts.

Democrats are optimistic that having former New York Sen. Hillary Clinton on the top of the ticket will buoy their recruits in swing districts, while Donald Trump will be a drag on Republican nominees.

Today's endorsement in a battleground swing district proves to the Democratic faithful in New York state that Cuomo is not just a member of their party, but the leader of it, backing an incumbent lawmaker who made a tough but valuable vote at a critical time in the campaign.

Lancman and the New York Democratic Lawyers Council joined together with federal, state and local elected officials to announce a mobilization effort to protect the vote in swing states as well as swing districts within New York State.

Cuomo has also signaled he will push to unseat House Republicans in New York, which is home to several key swing districts.

But his decision is likely to make New York's 22nd District one of the most competitive House races in the nation next year for an open seat in a traditionally moderate swing dDistrict one of the most competitive House races in the nation next year for an open seat in a traditionally moderate swing districtdistrict.

«If Democrats in swing districts like the 21st District of New York are heading for the hills, the chances of Nancy Pelosi becoming Speaker of the House have been downgraded again,» he said.

The House members also want to appeal to New York's moderate Republican and Democratic voters, and independents who help decide elections in swing districts like Katko's in the Syracuse area.

The hope for mainline conference Democrats is Trump's potentially poor showing in New York could make down - ballot races more favorable to them, especially in key swing districts on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley.

The New York AFL - CIO endorsed two Democratic House candidates over the last two days in key swing districts: Rep. Kathy Hochul and challenger Sean Patrick Maloney.

The super PAC backed by the Real Estate Board of New York is spending nearly $ 300,000 on a digital advertising buy bolstering Republicans running in key swing districts.

An independent expenditure committee aligned with the New York State United Teachers union has dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars on mailers and TV ads bolstering Democratic state Senate candidates running in key swing districts.

The effort won't take on Rep. John Katko, a central New York lawmaker who is arguably one of the more vulnerable swing district lawmakers.

Rep. John Katko, a Republican from a top - tier battleground swing district in central New York, was one of two GOP lawmakers from New York's delegation to vote against the measure.

Voters head to the polls in New York's 20th district today to choose a replacement for appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D), a close race in a swing seat that has seen considerable spending by both national parties and will almost certainly be cast as an early referendum on President Obama's agenda.

The 11th is a swing district, and currently the only New York City seat held by a Republican; if Donovan loses or Grimm pushes him further to the right, Democrats stand a chance to flip it.

Many on the left believed that she could pull out a win for liberal populists in New York's 19th District, one of the country's rare swing districts.

And whether Republicans in swing House districts in New York targeted by Democrats — Reps. John Faso, John Katko and Claudia Tenney to name three — will recalibrate in the wake of Tuesday night's results.

But Republicans are also playing offense in swing districts in western New York and in Westchester County.

They've been chomping at the bit for Hillary Clinton, a former New York Senator, to head the presidential ticket, telling anyone who would listen that she would bolster turnout for them and win them swing districts, thereby securing them control of the chamber, perhaps for good.

New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is out with his annual fiscal stress scores for school districts, and two in the Hudson Valley show large swings.

Woolf made little mention of Funiciello, singling out his Republican opponent in the race for the district that stretches across Northern New York and is considered one of a handful of swing districts in the state.

While the current New York City congressional delegation consists of 11 Democrats and one Republican, a makeup that is unlikely to change this year, results from key primaries in three swing districts outside the city have set the stage for races that could factor into which party controls the House after November's elections.

(If Republicans swing and miss at these two races, they're likely to have a third chance in a special election for former New York Rep. Eric Massa's 29th district although Gov. David Paterson has yet to set a special election date.)

It was not immediately clear if Clinton would take time to make a swing across Upstate New York to campaign in other competitive congressional districts, including those of Rep. Bill Owens, D - Plattsburgh, Rep. Louise Slaughter, D - Fairport, and Rep. Kathy Hochul, D - Amherst.

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