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All 29 New York seats to the United States House of Representatives elections | ||||||||||||||||
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 Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold | ||||||||||||||||
On November 7, 2006, New York, along with the rest of the country held elections for the United States House of Representatives. Democrats picked up 3 House seats, the 19th, the 20th, and the 24th.
In federal elections, New York has consistently handed its vote to Democratic candidates. Of New York's twenty-nine congressional districts, all but ten are centered on heavily liberal and Democratic New York City and its surrounding suburbs, including Long Island and Westchester County. In 2002, a reapportionment was conducted and was planned as what is described as "a bipartisan incumbent protection plan". The primary was held on September 12, 2006. On September 11, the New York Times reported that Democrats were becoming less optimistic they could win Republican-held House seats in New York this year. However, this turned out not to be the case as three districts elected Democrats over their Republican challengers, two of them incumbents.