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However, the Republican party regained its power in state legislatures following the losses by the Democrats in the 2010 mid-terms. The Democrats were unpopular with voters at this time, [ 6 ] allowing Republicans to implement a political effort called REDMAP that enabled them to redraw favorable maps with the 2010 Census data.
The state was redistricted in 2022, following the 2020 U.S. census. It lost one seat in Congress. [ 2 ] According to CNN, unnamed census officials stated that if 89 more people had been counted in New York's census results, and all other states' population figures had remained the same, New York would not have lost a congressional seat.
Republican Governor George Pataki won both Nassau and Suffolk in all three of his victories. In 2006, Long Island continued its Democratic trend. Helped by a strong Democratic win nationwide, Democrats Eliot Spitzer and Hillary Clinton won Long Island in a landslide in the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate race respectively.
Republicans swept all four of the island's congressional seats, and a Long Island Republican, former U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, nearly landed a major upset in the governor's race — an office the GOP ...
In 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out the 2011 U.S. House of Representatives map on the grounds that it violated the state constitution; the court established new redistricting standards requiring districts to be compact and to minimize the splitting of counties and towns. [150]
The Legislature approved a new set of congressional district maps that are expected to give New York Democrats an edge in the midterms this fall.
The true significance of the special election is the ability it gives both parties to try out the messages, strategies and tactics that could win over swing suburbanites, writes Lawrence C. Levy.
The 1st district is based on the eastern end and North Shore of Long Island, including the Hamptons, the North Fork, Riverhead, Port Jefferson, Smithtown, and Huntington, all in Suffolk County. [8] The incumbent was Republican Nick LaLota, who was elected with 55.51% of the vote in 2022. [9]