{"id":16514,"date":"2018-04-25T10:25:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T14:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16514"},"modified":"2018-04-25T10:25:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T14:25:52","slug":"32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16514","title":{"rendered":"32"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/politics\/2018\/04\/24\/election-night-bronx-district-32-westchester-district-37-state-senate-special-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">With wins in yesterday&#8217;s special elections<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorksenatedems.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a> now have a numeric 32 seat majority in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bonus:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nygop.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans<\/a> even <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimmyVielkind\/status\/988962133340762114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lost a Long Island Assembly seat<\/a> they&#8217;ve held for 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing keeping the Republicans alive is that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Governor Cuomo<\/a> and enough members of his own party do not want the Democrats in charge of the upper house.\u00a0 No matter what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/04\/nyregion\/new-york-state-senate-democrats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">baloney is said public about party unity<\/a> their actions say otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>If the Democrats seriously want full control of the legislature look for these things to happen:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/16\/nyregion\/idc-albany-cuomo-klein-democrats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The IDC will close their campaign account<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Members of the IDC will still be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nystateofpolitics.com\/2018\/04\/idc-challengers-wont-stand-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forced into Democrat primaries<\/a> with the backing of party interest groups.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/senators\/simcha-felder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simcha Felder<\/a> will be forced into a Democrat primary and\/or face a Democrat-backed challenger on a different line in the general election.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D16514&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16514\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16514\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16514\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With wins in yesterday&#8217;s special elections, Democrats now have a numeric 32 seat majority in the State Senate. 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