New Mexico: State Supreme Court Rejects GOP Redistricting Appeal: The New Mexico state Supreme Court unsurprisingly unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that concluded the state’s congressional map did not constitute and “egregious gerrymander.” Therefore, the current map will stand for the remainder of the decade.
The courts sited the closeness of the 2022 District 2 election that saw Democratic local official Gabe Vasquez unseat freshman Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell by less than a percentage point (1,350 votes) from just under 193,000 cast ballots. Ms. Herrell is returning for a rematch next year, which is again expected to be close. NY-26: One Man May Pick the Next Congressman: With ten-term Rep. Brian Higgins (D-Buffalo) announcing that he will resign during the first week of February to run a civic organization back in Buffalo, speculation is turning as to who will replace the outgoing Congressman. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) will calendar a special election after the resignation is official, and then the party county chairmen will choose their nominees. New York’s 26th District is comprised of parts of two counties, Erie and Niagara, and since the district is heavily Democratic (FiveThirtyEight rates the seat as D+18; the Daily Kos Elections site ranks NY-26 as the 78th most vulnerable seat within the Democratic Conference), one man will effectively have the power of anointing the next Congressman. Since 80% of the district lies in Erie County, that county’s Democratic Party chairman will have a greater weighted say than the Niagara County chair. Odds appear strong that chairman Jeremy Zellner will choose Eric County Executive Mark Poloncarz as the party nominee. Mr. Poloncarz will then easily win the succeeding special election. Comments are closed.
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