Carolyn McCarthy has declared victory this morning after a hard-fought contest against Fran Becker.

Becker, a county legislator, made this race surprisingly close. Eric Cantor even came into the district to campaign for him. McCarthy flirted with running for the Senate against Kirsten Gillibrand because of what she saw as Gillibrand’s lax position on gun Read More

One of the big surprises last night was Michael Grimm’s victory over Mike McMahon in NY-13, a district that covers Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn.

NY-13 voted for John McCain, the only urban district in the country to have done so, but McMahon was considered a fairly safe bet. He spent 6 years in Read More