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There are a number of metrics you could use to answer the question, how blue is New

York State? By blue, I mean likely to vote for a Democrat. And the answer to how blue is

very. There are twice as many registered Democrats as there are Republicans here. A Republican

is not one statewide office in two decades. And Joe Biden won New York by 23 points.

Which is why it's so strange that last week as Democrats all across the country looked

at midterm results and heaved a sigh of relief. Democrats in New York cringed after suffering

embarrassing losses. And so we're looking at New York as this sort of this curious singular

case. And we're left to wonder, well, okay, why was there a red wave that started on

Long Island and seemingly crested somewhere around upstate New York? And why didn't it happen

anywhere else? Jimmy Vialkind is a reporter at the Wall Street Journal. He says the last

few days have involved a lot of finger pointing among local politicos. But before we get into

all that, let's just talk about the numbers. At the moment, New York's got 19 Democratic

Congress people. Next year, it is set to have 15. One of the most breathtaking losses for

New York Dems was in the 17th district. That's where Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney ran.

Maloney also happens to be the chair of the D-Triple C, the committee whose whole job it is

to get Democratic Congress people elected. A D-Triple C chair has not lost an election in

40 years. I started to get concerned when I saw numbers on the island and really in

Rockland County, which is the core of Maloney's New District.

Everyone has their eyes on the 17th congressional district between Republican State Assemblyman

Mike Lawler and longtime Democratic Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney. With 95% of the votes

being reported, Lawler is ahead by a little over a point at 50.6%. It was clear. This

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