Democrat John Mannion is projected to unseat freshman Republican Rep. Brandon Williams, flipping a battleground Upstate New York legislature territory to nan Democrats.
Mannion carried 53% of nan ballot to Williams’ 46% successful nan intimately watched race, preliminary tallies from Tuesday’s predetermination show.
The Associated Press called nan title conscionable aft 11:15 p.m.
District 22 — which covers Syracuse and Utica — represented 1 of Democrats’ champion chances to prime up a legislature spot and, perhaps, return power of nan House.
“As a erstwhile coach for astir 30 years, State Senator, and Central New York native, John Mannion’s triumph is successful ample portion owed to his beardown ties to New York’s 22nd Congressional District and committedness to delivering for his community,” said DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene.
“In Congress, John will travel done connected his connection to make a quality for Central New York and Mohawk Valley families, whether that beryllium bringing much good-paying jobs, defending women’s freedoms, aliases protecting Social Security and Medicare.”
Mannion, a authorities senator, vocally rebuffed Williams’ accusation that he stayed silent connected supporting Israel aft nan Oct. 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas.
Williams, for his part, defended himself against Mannion’s onslaught that he and different Republicans scuttled a bipartisan statement successful nan Senate to reside migration and separator security.
Speaker Mike Johnson was hoping to springiness Williams a last-minute boost by stumping for him connected Friday. Johnson had antecedently acknowledged that nan hardest races for Republicans to triumph successful New York were nan 22nd District, arsenic good arsenic nan 19th and 4th.