Democrats won a special election victory in New York on Tuesday, shrinking the GOP House majority, which is now lean. Democratic town supervisor Gary Dickson lost to Democratic state senator Tim Kennedy in the state’s 26th congressional district, which includes Buffalo and some of its neighbors. ” Democrats will then control 213 seats in the House, compared with 217 for the Republicans. Five seats remain vacant”, NBC News reports. ” We did it. We did it as a COMMUNITY. Since that is what this has been about since Day One. And that’s what it will always be on. I’m honored. I’m humbled. I’m prepared to travel to Washington and work. Thank you, continuously. Let’s meet this moment up”, Kennedy said. We did it.
We did it as a COMMUNITY. Since that is what this has been about since Day One. And that’s what it will always be around. I’m honored. I’m humbled. I’m prepared to travel to Washington and work. Thank you, continuously. Let’s meet this moment up. pic. twitter.com/SCjVwT1X2S— Tim Kennedy for Congress ( @kennedyforny26 ) May 1, 2024Per NBC News: Kennedy will serve the rest of Democratic Rep. Brian Higgins ‘ term. In February, Higgins, who was serving in his 10th term, resigned to lead a neighborhood performing arts center, and he had some words for the House’s political gridlock. In a statement released late next year, Higgins told The Buffalo News that Congress is “in a very, very bad place” and that” we’re at the beginning phases of a deterioration of the institution’s reputation.” That did not prevent Kennedy from running for a full term in November. In a phone interview on Monday, Kennedy said,” The dysfunction has become an embarrassment across this country and across the international community.” And we must re-establish respect, civility, and functionality in the House of Representatives. The district’s victory on Monday came as no surprise because, according to calculations from Daily Kos Elections, it has twice as numerous listed Democrats as Republicans. WATCH: NY- 26 Unique Election: @SenKennedy is the projected winner. To examine the outcomes more closely, @wkbwMichael and @bobmccarthybn join them. pic. twitter.com/vOP7pN9VGu— 7 News WKBW ( @WKBW) May 1, 2024*BREAKING NEWS* NY state Senator Tim Kennedy has won the special election for house seat in district 26. This results in a majority of GOP votes. pic. twitter.com/glvYxziHTi— TheNewsCompany. co (@TheNewsCompany1 ) May 1, 2024POLITICO reports: Kennedy, a seven- term state senator, said in a recent interview that his entrance- running campaign is a good indicator of what happens when a Democrat with” a record of delivering results for the community” runs against a Democrat” who is supporting a failed former president who’s not merely indicted but is on trial”. In a new interview, he stated,” This race is about the future of our country, and I believe every race at the legislative level in America this November will be the same.” ” This is a prelude to what we should expect to see in November “.Kennedy’s path to victory was smooth. From the moment long-time ally Higgins announced his retirement in November, he was prepared to launch a full-fledged campaign, and various prominent Democrats from Western New York chose not to run. Republicans did n’t pick Dickson to be their nominee until February. [[{“value”:”
After a special election in New York, Democrats won a victory that shaved off the GOP’s already slim majority. Tim Kennedy, a Democrat from New York state, defeated Republican Gary Dickson in the 26th district of the state’s congressional district. This district includes Buffalo and its suburbs. “Democrats now control 213 House seats, compared to 217 for Republicans. Five seats remain vacant,” NBC News reports. “We did it. We did it together as a community. Since the very beginning, this has been about COMMUNITY. This is what it will always be. I’m honored. I’m humbled. I’m eager to get to Washington to start working. I thank you infinity. Kennedy said, “Let’s face this moment together.” We did it.We did it together as a community. Since the very beginning, this has been about COMMUNITY. This is what it will always be. I’m honored. I’m humbled. I’m eager to get to Washington to start working. I thank you infinity. Let’s face this moment together. pic.twitter.com/SCjVwT1X2S — Tim Kennedy for Congress (@kennedyforny26) May 1, 2024 Per NBC News: Kennedy will serve the rest of Democratic Rep. Brian Higgins’ term. Higgins resigned from his 10th term in February in order to run a performing arts center in the locality. He also had some choice words about the partisan gridlock that exists in Congress. Higgins told The Buffalo News in late 2013 that Congress was “in a very bad place,” and that we were “at the beginning phases” of a decline in the prestige of the institution. This did not stop Kennedy from running for the special election, or a full-term in November. Kennedy said that the dysfunction in Congress has become an embarrassment to this country and the world community. He made his comments during a phone conversation on Monday. “We have to restore honor, civility, and functionality to the halls of Congress,” Kennedy said in a phone interview Monday. According to calculations by Daily Kos Elections and the district’s registered Democrats, Kennedy won the district with a 23-point margin of victory in 2020. Watch: NY-26 Special Election : @SenKennedy projected winner. @wkbwMichael and @bobmccarthybn join @wkbwMichael to examine the results. pic.twitter.com/vOP7pN9VGu — 7 News WKBW (@WKBW) May 1, 2024 *BREAKING NEWS* NY state Senator Tim Kennedy has won the special election for house seat in district 26. This brings the GOP’s majority down to one vote. pic.twitter.com/glvYxziHTi — TheNewsCompany.co (@TheNewsCompany1) May 1, 2024 POLITICO reports: Kennedy, a seven-term state senator, said in a recent interview that his front-running campaign is a good indicator of what happens when a Democrat with “a record of delivering results for the community” runs against a Republican “who is supporting a failed former president who’s not only indicted but is on trial.” “This race is about the future of our country, and I believe every race at the congressional level across America this November is going to be the same,” he said in a recent interview. Kennedy’s road to victory was smooth. He was ready to run a full campaign as soon as his longtime ally Higgins announced that he would be retiring in November. Other high-profile Democrats of Western New York also declined to enter the race. Republicans did not choose Dickson as their nominee until February.
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