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Democrat Pat Ryan Wins Swing District in Troubling Sign for GOP on Abortion
The National Republican Congressional Committee slated NY-19 as one of six target seats it believed it could flip throughout the state. The NRCC and the Republican-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund had invested more than $1.8 million in spending to oppose Ryan, according to campaign finance reports, an amount roughly three times what liberal groups spent attacking Molinaro.
Molinaro was a moderate republican expected to win by 8 points, buoyed by a relatively low turnout of young and college-educated voters as well as a gravitation of independent voters to the GOP.
But on the ground, Democratic enthusiasm was high, aligning with similar increases in turnout seen in elections held in other, Republican-dominated districts around the country
There is one house member that isn't going to flip to the republicans. Expected to win by 8 and lost by 2?