With a House majority of just five seats, plus an unpopular president hanging over their heads, Democrats need all the help they can get in their quest to maintain control of Congress.
The party received a major boost last week when New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a new congressional map for the Empire State that could see Democrats increase the size of their delegation by as many as three members.
After gains made in the 2018 and 2020 state legislative elections, Democrats had full control of congressional redistricting for the first time in a century. And they made full use of that power, sidestepping maps drawn by the state’s new independent redistricting commission and instead passing a plan intended to result in a 22D-4R split in the delegation. Currently, the state is split between 19 Democrats and 8 Republicans. And the state lost a seat during reapportionment due to slowed population growth.
New York’s filing deadline is April 7, and the primary is June 28, though ongoing litigation over the new map could push those dates back.
All district redistribution numbers are courtesy of Daily Kos Elections.
1st District
The 1st District is one of several districts Democrats in Albany redrew to be more favorable to their party.
Previously Suffolk County from the eastern edge of Long Island inland to Brookhaven and Stony Brook, the 1st is still eastern Long Island-based but now stretches much further west along the North Shore all the way to Plainview in Nassau County. To compensate for that new territory, the 1st surrendered much of the South Shore to the new 2nd District, which picks up Brookhaven and runs through Westhampton and Quogue....