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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Yasmeen Altaji

In New York, a head-to-head House race foreshadows national elections

Campaign signs sit planted in the snow ahead of the February 13 special election in New York's third congressional district [Yasmeen Altaji/Al Jazeera]

Glen Cove, New York – Mansions rise from the coastline. Sailboats clip the waves. And overlooking the landscape, atop a grassy hill, sits the house of a former president, Theodore Roosevelt.

Nestled on the north shore of Long Island, New York’s third congressional district is the wealthiest in the state — and recently, it has emerged as a key battleground for control of the United States House of Representatives.

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