This should definitely put another Democrat in Congress. Walsh, who has served in the House for 10 terms, almost lost to Dan Maffei last time. Maffei should win this seat now that it's open. The district, which includes Syracuse, leans Democratic.
Presuming Maffei does win we will be seeing yet another another Democratic pick-up in New York, and the ever-shrinking group of New York Republicans in Congress will get even smaller. At the moment they hold only 6 of New York's 29 congressional districts. If Walsh is replaced by Maffei that number will be reduced to 5 of 29 (and at least one of those remaining 5 could be defeated in November).
Posted by armand at January 24, 2008 09:32 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics