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Jonathan Gordon

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Welcome back to Power and politics. We were closely watching four Hudson Valley House races as Democrats eyed the Empire State as a pathway to control the house. Now, whether that's the ultimate nationwide outcome is still to be determined, but we have winners in our four Hudson Valley races. So let's hear from those candidates. Westchester County executive George Latimer cruised to a big win in the 16th congressional district over Republican pediatrician, Doctor Miriam Levitt Flits Latimer, who is the heavy favorite outperformed the top of the ticket and Congressman Jamal Bowman's numbers against Flier. Two years ago, Latimer spoke with our Melanie Palmer after winning the race pretty exciting. Obviously, this is a big rally tonight. We've had good results across Westchester County. My mind is already starting to move toward the tasks in Washington that are ahead, but it is an exciting night and I'm glad the campaign is over. It's been a long while I was going to ask, this was a very highly contested race. The primary was bitter. It must feel good. Everything is said and done now. Well, it is. And uh the general election was uh much more uh mannerly, uh Doctor Fliss, who was the Republican opponent. And I debated and I think we discussed issues in a more uh evenhanded platform. It wasn't the accusations and the attacks that we saw in the spring, but the voters gave me a resounding win in the primary and they fathered up with today. So I believe I'm going to Washington with the goodwill of the majority of Westchester and the Bronx residents of the district. Yeah, we talked earlier about what's next for you transitioning from county to Congress. Tell us about what that's gonna look like. A couple of things. First of all, I leave an executive authority job and go back to being a legislator that's a different uh adjustment. And I have to remember now that I'm an advocate, I'm not going to be able to be the final decision maker on certain things. Um The first, most immediate thing I want to do is establish really strong constituent services in Westchester and in the Bronx so that people have needs that involve the federal government that can come to their congress member's office and get uh speedy assistance and for putting that together between now and when I officially take office, it is very important to me um committees that uh I hope to compete for. We don't know what I'll get assigned. There'll be two committees where they are, but I think there are a couple that make sense to me. Transportation infrastructure being one of them. We'll see if leadership is, can do that. And if I do get those commitments of committees, then I'm going to work very hard on those committees and try to bring resources back to the district. It was a statement win in the 17th congressional district for incumbent Republican congressman Mike Lawler who won big against democrat, former congressman Monda Jones Lawlor said his bipartisanship in his first term earned him a second one. He promised to be a check on Democrats power in New York in his conversation with News Twelve's to rosenbloom after his election victory party been a very fascinating and interesting week, obviously on a personal level, becoming a father for the second time is what's most important, but I'm truly humbled by the outpouring of support tonight with a big win in one of the most contested races in the country. And you know, so I got to ask you about the math, right? The Democrats outnumber the Republicans in this district by 83,000, the national, the state party, they literally poured millions and millions of dollars into this race. You were out fund raised, in fact outmanned. What do you think brought you to the finish line? Look, I've won three times now in 2 to 1 Democratic districts. And it's because I talk about the issues that matter to families and cut a cross party line. We go into every single community and do the job. And I think people appreciate the work that we do, whether they agree with me fully or not. As Ed Koch famously said, if you agree with me on nine out of 12 things, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 things, go have your head examined. The fact is we're not going to agree on everything. But what I've shown three times now is that we agree on a lot more than we don't. And by focusing on those issues, we can win pretty big. So let me ask you, I mean, take your pick, this race really became a microcosm of what we saw playing out on the national stage from women's reproductive rights to the migrant surge crime and the economy, public safety. Which among those, do you feel was the strongest motivator for voters in the 17th district to turn out today? Well, I think it was a few things. Obviously, the affordability crisis is the number one issue. People can't afford to pay their groceries, their utility bill, their housing bills. So that was the biggest driver. The migrant crisis was a major factor. Abortion was an issue, but I was very clear, I would never support a federal ban on abortion. And I think voters understood that despite the lies that were thrown out to the tune of millions of dollars. And I also think frankly, my opponent's extremism on so many key issues including defunding the police, cashless bail, open borders Democrat incumbent Congressman Pat Ryan held on to his seat in the 18th congressional district earning a second term in DC. He ran on a pro choice moderate policy campaign which carried him over the finish line in the most important swing districts targeted by Republicans. He defeated Alison Esposito by a wider margin and with more votes compared to his 2022 victory. He addressed his supporters. We centered this campaign again on freedom on patriotism on an optimistic forward looking vision for our country. We, we met people across this big district where they were both physically and mentally and morally. We addressed issues that they were facing and challenges they were facing head on. And we, we really did our best to bring people together and call to the best in people at such a difficult and divisive and dark moment in our country. We, I really think we lifted up the best of the Hudson Valley. Um And I am so damn proud that our whole community across Ulster and Duchess and Orange counties really met that and heard that Josh Riley was the lone candidate to flip his Hudson Valley congressional seat this time going red to blue after the race was called in his favor over Republican Congressman Mark Molinaro. This is one of the most expensive general house races in the nation. Riley spoke before a crowd in Binghamton mattered was your work ethic and how you treated others around here. We give each other the benefit of the doubt. When we face adversity, we pull together and we push through it. When we see injustice in the world, we stand up to it when we always fight for and stand with the underdog, the overlooked, the counted out and the left behind those are upstate New York's values and I am going to take them to Congress. We'll be right back.

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Welcome back to power and politics. We have broken down the results of the presidential race and laid out the next steps as the country heads for its first transition of power since the January 6th capital riots. We've also heard from the winners of the Hudson Valley house seats and their vision for the future once they enter or return to Washington DC for a new term next year. So now let's wrap up the show looking at the results of several intense state level races and proposition questions in a big win for abortion rights. New York's proposition one, the Equal rights amendment overwhelmingly passed the state's constitutional code will expand the number of protected classes to prevent broader forms of discrimination including pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes. Westchester's prop one failed by a wide margin. The effort would have modified term lengths for county lawmakers from two years to four years. Term limits would have stayed the same. Supporters said it would have reduced election spending and helped lawmakers focus on policy but opponents argued it made lawmakers less accountable to their constituents in the race for Westchester District attorney Democrat, Susan Kaka defeated Republican John Sarone Kase takes over for Mimi Roca who decided she would not run for re election after just one term, she pledged to work closely with law enforcement and to improve accountability for the office. She addressed supporters at her watch party. My goal is to keep the residents of Westchester safe, to hold people accountable for crimes and to provide alternatives to incarceration where appropriate. And I do pledge that we, we will be working closely with law enforcement. I'm proud to say we received nearly the end. The endorsement of nearly every uh law enforcement agency in Westchester County. There were no major upsets in the Hudson Valley State Senate races. Natalia Fernandez State Senate majority leader Andrea Stewart Cousins, Jamal Bailey, Shelley Mayer, Bill Webber, Rob Raison, Pete Harkham, Michelle Hinche and James SCF. All incumbents all won incumbents also did very well in the Hudson Valley State Assembly races including Amy Paulin, Gary Pretlow, Nader, Sage Steve Otis, Mary Jane Shims, Chris Burdick, Matt Slater and David Dana Levenberg Democrat, Pat Carroll defeated Ronnie Diz in the 96 district to replace outgoing long time assemblyman Ken Zabowski. That seat held blue and in the 97th district, Aaron Weeder defeated Republican John mcgowan to flip that seat from red to blue. Once again, I'm Jonathan Gordon and this is power and politics on news 12 where local elections lead to national change. More news, weather and your hyper, local headlines coming up after the break

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