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the democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez He won the elections in his district on Tuesday and thus renewed his seat that he got in 2018 and confirmed in 2020, according to projections by most media.
It was no surprise, and Ocasio-Cortez33, easily prevailed in the 14th district over Tina Forte, a Republican with the hard wing, adept at conspiracy theories and who confessed to having participated in the assault on the Capitol in January 2021 to contest the results of the last presidential elections. .
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Ocasio-Cortez He already sent a victory message on his Twitter account: “Thank you to every member of our community and every grassroots activist for trusting me and giving me the great responsibility of representing District 14. We do it with small contributions, at all times. Grateful to all of you who make a new type of governance possible”.
The 11th district of Staten Island, which remains in the hands of the Republicans with the victory of Nicole Malliotakis, did not change hands either.
In total, there are 27 seats in contention in New Yorkof which the Republicans only had control of eight, and no major changes are expected this time, although given the tightness of the elections at the federal level, a gain for the Republicans of a few more seats can mean a lot.
As for the Senatethe Democratic majority leader, Chuck Schumerrevalidated his seat and thus begins his fifth term, but it remains to be seen if his party adds enough seats at the federal level to retain that majority.
In the neighboring state of New Jersey, another Democratic stronghold (10 of the 12 seats in the hands of the party), the first counted results seem to revalidate the existing majorities, with all current congressmen leading the count in their constituencies, according to the local portal www .nj.com.
Source: Elcomercio
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