Historically, incumbent politicians rarely seem to lose their bids for reelection. In New York's primary elections today for the House of Representatives, one incumbent is likely to defy the odds by losing their seat. But unfortunately, the reason is not that voters wanted a change.
New York was scheduled to hold its primary elections on June 28. Then in April, the state's court of appeals struck down its new district maps, determining that "the district lines for congressional races were drawn with an unconstitutional partisan intent." As a compromise, primaries for state-level races remained on the same date, while races for Congress and the state Legislature were postponed until today.
