Source: Michael Macagnone, ROLL CALL, 1/31/22


New York Democrats combined several Republican-held seats in the state in a draft congressional map released over the weekend, even as Democrats in other states argue Republicans used mapmaking to gain an unfair advantage. The new map could effectively merge two GOP-dominated seats on Long Island into one, make Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of Staten Island vulnerable in a rematch she faces against former Democratic Rep. Max Rose, and create three Republican-leaning districts from the four the party currently holds upstate.  If the draft map released on Sunday were in place in 2020, President Joe Biden would have won 22 of the...

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