Not exact matches
Senate Republicans
hold a narrow majority in the chamber, while Democrats expect to do well in suburban and
upstate swing
districts with Hillary Clinton atop the party's ticket this year.
That shift benefits downstate, largely Democratic
districts, at the expense of
upstate senate seats
held by GOP members, where the inmates were used to bolster population numbers in the primarily rural
districts.
Also
upstate, Democrats expect a competitive race in the
district held by Republican George Amedore, who narrowly lost his first run for Senate in 2012 against Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk.
Rallies or demonstrations were
held in a half - dozen swing state Senate
districts on Long Island and in the
upstate region.
The 29th
District seat of former Rep. Eric Massa (D) had been
held by two Republicans before Massa and was considered by both parties to be a shoo - in for the GOP, but other Democratic -
held upstate seats such as the 20th
District (Rep. Scott Murphy), the 24th
District (Arcuri) and the 25th
District (Rep. Dan Maffei's race, which remains too close to call) had only recently shifted toward the Democrats.
Larry Spring, superintendent of the Schenectady School
District, said existing state funding formulas were already unequal — a long -
held belief of many
upstate districts.
«Look, it's job creation, it's about the quality of residents and existing businesses and visitors for
upstate New York and I believe a lot of my colleagues will work together to come up with the right framework for consumer protection and making sure the companies are
held responsible,» said Sen. George Amedore, a Republican who represents a
district west and south of Albany.
In New York City and some
upstate districts, young children are taking bubble tests or online exams, even though some of the children can't yet
hold a pencil or use a computer, union leaders said during a conference call Thursday.
It took her ten years, during which she joined the DNC's Women's Leadership Forum, worked on Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign, served as special counsel to then — HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo, and took another law job, before Gillibrand found the
upstate House
district in which she wanted to run... against a four - term incumbent for a seat that hadn't been
held by a Democrat in 30 years and where Republicans outnumbered Democrats almost two to one.
That is why the TEAPublicans play all the games they do (gerrymandering
districts, playing games with primary datres to
hold down turnout, and taking the money of the downstate realty billionaires to buy
upstate seats)!
The two
upstate districts that lost the most people are in western New York: the 27th, which is
held by Brian Higgins, a three - term Democrat, and the 28th, which is
held by Louise M. Slaughter, a 12 - term Democrat.
A new law counts them in their home
districts, and not in the communities where they're incarcerated — a change that the GOP says benefits Democrat - leaning downstate regions at the expense of more rural Republican -
held upstate districts.