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2000-2020 Archive

It's Strange That None Of The Congressional Handicappers Factor In Candidate Quality

Sep 44 min read

It's Strange That None Of The Congressional Handicappers Factor In Candidate Quality

2024 Is A Very Bad Year For Candidate Quality First some horserace stats: Nate Silver’s latest polling average shows Kamala ahead 49.2%...

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Yesterday's Primaries In New York, Where Democrats Picked 3 Incredibly Flawed Candidates

Howie Klein

Jun 265 min read

Yesterday's Primaries In New York, Where Democrats Picked 3 Incredibly Flawed Candidates

Plus Trump's Kiss Of Death Shows Up In Utah, South Carolina & Colorado Yesterday, New York Democratic primary voters, given a choice...

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New York Congressional Maps Finalized— After All That Expensive Sturm Und Drang Not Much Changed

Howie Klein

Mar 13 min read

New York Congressional Maps Finalized— After All That Expensive Sturm Und Drang Not Much Changed

After stalling for a few days, MAGA Mike finally swore Tom Suozzi into Congress this week. After the ceremony, Suozzi delivered an...

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NY Congressional Maps Still Up In The Air-- Ignores Extreme Gerrymanders in North Carolina & Florida

Howie Klein

Feb 164 min read

NY Congressional Maps Still Up In The Air-- Ignores Extreme Gerrymanders in North Carolina & Florida

IRC Tries To Give A Leg Up To A Conservative Democrat In NY-22 New York’s bipartisan Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) released...

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Central New York Needs A New, Less Volatile Congressman-- Time To Dump Brandon Williams

Howie Klein

Dec 9, 20233 min read

Central New York Needs A New, Less Volatile Congressman-- Time To Dump Brandon Williams

Syracuse-based NY-22 is New York’s ultimate swing district, depending what the map-drawer is trying to accomplish. The most recent map...

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Expect A Red To Blue Flip In Central New York-- Unless The DCCC Screws It Up Again

Howie Klein

Oct 7, 20233 min read

Expect A Red To Blue Flip In Central New York-- Unless The DCCC Screws It Up Again

Sarah Klee Hood Can Beat Williams, Mannion Is Way Too Conservative If you follow the political press, they’re always talking about the...

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Can NY Redraw Its Congressional Map Fast Enough To Counter North Carolina's Coming Gerrymander?

Howie Klein

Jul 14, 20234 min read

Can NY Redraw Its Congressional Map Fast Enough To Counter North Carolina's Coming Gerrymander?

With North Carolina’s new right-wing Supreme Court signaling they’re on board, the Republican-controlled state legislature is about to...

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Howie Klein

Jun 7, 20233 min read

Good News From Upstate New York

The Return Of Mondaire Jones? Tomorrow is the first day of the Hoffman v. New York State Independent Redistricting Commission litigation,...

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Another Xenophobic, Racist GOP Scam— This One In The Hudson Valley

Howie Klein

May 21, 20233 min read

Another Xenophobic, Racist GOP Scam— This One In The Hudson Valley

Republican members of Congress from New York, like Marc Molinaro and Brandon Williams, have been fear-mongering in their districts about...

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Do The Freedom Caucus Nuts Want To Force A Default-- Or Are They Just Playing Poker Against America?

Howie Klein

May 20, 20233 min read

Do The Freedom Caucus Nuts Want To Force A Default-- Or Are They Just Playing Poker Against America?

On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that Sinema is “more and more confident” of a deal to avert a US default. She told them that she’s...

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New York Is Going To Be A Key Congressional Battleground Next Year-- Some Rumblings Already

Howie Klein

Mar 5, 20233 min read

New York Is Going To Be A Key Congressional Battleground Next Year-- Some Rumblings Already

Nicole Malliotakis Has A Primary Opponent Yesterday, I was looking to see if anyone had officially declared they are running for the...

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Last Night’s Most Important Congressional Result Brought The GOP’s Worst Nightmare Into Stark Focus

Howie Klein

Aug 24, 20225 min read

Last Night’s Most Important Congressional Result Brought The GOP’s Worst Nightmare Into Stark Focus

New York State Primary Results... Meh There were a lot of important primaries in New York and Florida yesterday, but in many ways the...

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Howie Klein

Mar 26, 20223 min read

Political Update In Central New York

The Central New York congressional district centered around Syracuse has been one of the swingy-est districts in the country. It has...

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Another Transactional Conservative Democrat Just Joined Trump's Party-- Will Brindisi Be Next?

Howie Klein

Dec 15, 20203 min read

Another Transactional Conservative Democrat Just Joined Trump's Party-- Will Brindisi Be Next?

Technically part of the DC exurbs, Berkeley County, West Virginia, the second most populated county in the state, has pretty much always...

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Could McCarthy Become Speaker In January? Not Likely, But...

Howie Klein

Nov 24, 20203 min read

Could McCarthy Become Speaker In January? Not Likely, But...

The rematch results for the NY-22 seat is shrouded in secrecy and confusion as the worst remaining Blue Dog in Congress, Anthony Brindisi...

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