According to a recent Reuters report, depending on who takes a Senate seat from several of these battle ground states and who wins
certain gubernatorial races could mean which of the energy topics — EPA carbon regulations, the Keystone Pipeline XL's approval, relaxing crude oil export rules, developing clean energy technology — will take priority.
Cuomo, as you'll recall, is generally pretty judicious with his endorsements, preferring to hand them out only in instances of 1) political expedience (like, say, the tight
race for Westchester County executive where he would personally benefit from the defeat of incumbent Republican Rob Astorino, who has been mentioned as a potential future
gubernatorial contender); or 2) almost
certain victory by his preferred candidate; or 3) when his nod is highly likely to make the difference between victory and defeat in the 11th hour of a campaign.