New York state’s congressional races, which drew national attention partly because their cumulative outcome might tip the balance of power in a narrowly divided House of Representatives, ended with Democrats flipping a couple key seats.
In many of the upstate and Long Island districts where the races played out, the issues that candidates raised on the pre-election debate stage were microcosms of issues at the center of the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
