Demokratiska anklagelser efter motgångar i New York
Demokratiska anklagelser viner internt efter att Republikanerna lyckats säkra en rad framgångar i det traditionellt blå fästet New York. Det rapporterar The Hill.
Bland annat fick Sean Patrick Maloney, som tippades bli omvald till representanthuset, se sin plats gå förlorad till den republikanske rivalen Mike Lawler.
Flera profilerade demokrater höjer nu rösten. En rådgivare till den tidigare New York-borgmästaren Michael Bloomberg twittrar att väljarnas oro över frågor om lag och rätt ignorerades.
Kongresspolitikern Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez säger i en intervju med New York Times att delstatens demokrater tvärtom förlitat sig för mycket på republikanska förklaringsmodeller om kriminalitet och säkerhet och att detta skadat det egna partiet.
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Facts
- Americans headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide the makeup of Congress in a heated election season, with Democrats warning of an alleged threat to American democracy by Republicans, while Republicans focused on the economy and crime. [1]
- On Saturday, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto won her reelection bid in Nevada, securing the Democrats' narrow Senate majority for the next two years. Meanwhile, control of the US House hangs in the balance, as Republicans lead Democrats 211-202 — with 218 seats needed to win a majority — as of Saturday evening. [2]
- The Pennsylvania US Senate race — which saw celebrity television physician Mehmet Oz face off against Lt. Gov. John Fetterman — is being called a victory for Democrat Fetterman by multiple outlets. Democrat Josh Shapiro also managed to win the state's gubernatorial race. [3]
- In the closest New York governor's race since 1994, Republican Lee Zeldin — who tightened the race to within single digits ahead of election day — on Wednesday conceded defeat to Democrat incumbent Kathy Hochul. Hochul is the first woman to be elected governor of the state. [4]
- Republican candidate JD Vance is projected to have beaten Tim Ryan in heavily contested Ohio, while Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson is also projected to have won his race. Meanwhile, Ron DeSantis has beaten Charlie Crist in Florida's governor race. Georgia's Senate race is still a toss-up, with incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker heading to a runoff. [5]
- With Democrats doing better than anticipated and retaining control in the Senate, Pres. Joe Biden will see renewed support in the last two years of his first term in the White House. [6]
Sources: [1] Al Jazeera [2] Associated Press [3] New York Times [4] syracuse [5] Wall Street Journal [6] CNN
Republican narrative
Given the current rate of inflation and violent crime crisis, Republicans should have done better, but that doesn't mean there weren't bright spots. One of these was the landslide reelection of Ron DeSantis, and Florida's showcasing of how to run a smooth election. Whether they end up with a majority in the House, the GOP now has two years to take notes and figure out their 2024 game plan.
Democratic narrative
What DeSantis's win shows is that many Republicans throughout the country are still trying — and failing — to run their campaigns like Donald Trump. Election deniers like Doug Mastriano took huge defeats and up-and-coming progressives like John Fetterman had big wins, showing voters care far more about protecting democracy than the MAGA crowd thought.
Om Improve The News
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