New York’s Republican Party holds a precarious one-seat majority in the state Senate.<\/p>\n
A new poll out today from the Siena Research Institute shows that Democrats are poised to take control after November.<\/p>\n
Siena polled six key Senate districts that will likely decide the matter.<\/p>\n
Two new Democratic incumbents — elected in special elections — had been seen as the most likely Republican pick-ups. (They include North Country Senator Darrel Aubertine.)<\/p>\n
But Siena finds that both Dems are leading by comfortable margins over their Republican challengers, despite heavy GOP spending.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, one Republican incumbent — Sen. Serph Maltese from Queens — is locked in a 42-42% tie with Democratic challenger Joseph Addabbo.<\/p>\n
Worse yet for Republicans, the fight for an open district seat in Erie County seems to be tipping ever so slightly toward Democrat Joseph Mesi, who holds a 2% lead over Republican Michael Ranzenhofer.<\/p>\n
So with just weeks to go before the elections, the scorecard looks like this:<\/p>\n
Republicans are vulnerable in two state Senate districts — and seem to have zero opportunity to make up ground already lost to the Democrats.<\/p>\n
The GOP has zero margin for error here. One lost Senate Seat and New York’s entire political system will be controlled by the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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