Biden’s candidate prevails over the Republican candidate in a special vote to fill a vacancy in the House of Representatives that has served to test both formations before the mid-term elections
Democrats won a surprise victory in a special election in upstate New York with a predominantly conservative electorate, an indicator that Democrats could hold a stronger position than expected heading into the midterm elections. mandate to be held next November.
The election to fill a vacancy in the House of Representatives handed victory to Democrat Pat Ryan over Republican Marc Molinaro, in a close race that drew national attention as a testing ground for the strategies of both parties.
Ryan’s campaign capitalized on the Supreme Court’s decision to suspend almost half a century of abortion rights, and, in defense of democracy, a dynamic of change that Democrats hope will be repeated in electoral contests across the country.
Despite President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings and the historic tendency of voters to punish the ruling party in midterm elections, Democrats are hopeful of maintaining their numbers in Congress, if not improving them. .
Expectation in Florida
In other outcomes, Florida Democratic primary winner Charlie Crist will challenge Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in November in another race that will test the Republicans’ culture war offensive at the general election.
Crist, a former Republican governor of Florida who switched parties and became a Democratic congressman, campaigned on his opposition to DeSantis’ 15-week abortion ban, pledging in his victory speech to end White House hopes of “wannabe dictator” DeSantis.
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