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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Democrats take control in New York state

By Tom Precious, The Buffalo News
ALBANY – Democrats come January will seize control of the state Capitol after Republicans Tuesday night suffered major losses in key state Senate races, forcing a flip in the partisan leadership of the 63-member house after a century of GOP domination.

The defeats put the Democrats, a majority of whose ranks come from New York City and its close-in suburbs, in command of the state Assembly, the Senate and, with his re-election Tuesday, in the governor’s mansion following Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s third term re-election victory. Read more...