New York court cements Democratic bloodbath with new map
by Ryan King, Breaking News Reporter
| May 21, 2022 12:23 AM
New York's Supreme Court finalized a congressional map from a special master that obliterates Democratic gains in the state and positions several incumbents on a collision course with each other.
The new map largely hewed to special master Jonathan Cervas's draft, creating 21 districts that supported President Joe Biden in the 2020 election and five districts carried by former President Donald Trump. The map divided 16 counties, 18 fewer than the 34 split under the legislature's proposal, and created five more competitive districts than the three included in the legislature's map, according to a document released by the court early Saturday morning.
Democrats enjoy a 19-8 majority of the state's 27 seats. One seat was lost due to the most recent census.
The party took over the redistricting process from the state's Independent Redistricting Commission after a deadlock and enacted one of the most ambitious maps in the country, which was expected to give Democrats an edge in a whopping 22 of the 26 congressional seats. The map was the crown jewel of the Democrats' redistricting during the most recent cycle, accounting for some of the party's biggest gains in the country.
But their advantage unraveled after the state Supreme Court ruled in March the state legislature, led by the Democrats, flouted the state Constitution by bypassing the IRC. Now Democrats could actually lose ground in the state as a result of the redistricting process, which could be deterministic of the balance of power in a narrowly divided Congress.
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