race. you know, the voters here in this district heard our friend, steve kornacki, talking about how significant this race really was. and it did fly under the radar for a while, but now, look, this is a swinging district, you mentioned it. it s reflected the national mood for many years now. it went from obama to trump to biden. it was republican held from its creation in 2012, until the blue wave in 2018. and this was far from a guaranteed victory from pat ryan. the republican party did have an advantage here because typically, in a year where one party controls washington, it is an uphill battle for the other side. but this really came down to issues. it wasn t about personality. molinaro running on inflation, calling this a referendum on the biden administration, but pat ryan really leaning in to abortion rights, as his main message. and people were really receptive to that, katie.
interested. that set the stage for what we saw in the 19th district of new york last night, which was a true, as dasha was saying, a bellwether district. trump in 2016, exactly the kind of district, a very swingy district, very politically competitive, in a midterm environment where a republican wave was taking shape, you know, biden s approval ratings are low, voters are still very sour on the economy. you would expect in that kind of red wave environment, this would be low-hanging fruit for republicans. and instead, as you see here, ryan actually running a little bit, a point above where joe biden ran in this district. and democrats are going to hold on to this seat. and one of the reasons, when you look closely at how this all came about, you see the 19th, that there are two blue counties. it s ulster county and columbia county. and both of these counties, look at it this way, in 2020, combined, these two counties made up 36% of the total vote in the 19th district of new york.
seeing what parties message will resonate in the swingiest swing districts, pat ryan is focusing heavily on abortion and abortion access after roe was overturned. and the republican marc mo mol r molinaro. what about new york s 23rd district, talking about buffalo and the surrounding areas. you have carl paladino facing off with the chair. he has a history of incendiary remarks, he said the attorney general garland, in this moment, using words like that, he at one point said hitler was the kind
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