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« on: September 03, 2016, 12:28:57 PM »
On paper it doesn't seem that safe and King seems like a controversial guy. Is this just the New York Democratic Party being incompetent as usual?
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« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2016, 01:38:41 PM »
He is very popular in there. Makes no sense because he loves terrorists but idk.
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« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2016, 05:02:47 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2016, 10:49:01 PM »
His world view is in sync with his constituents, he is articulate, and works hard.
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« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2016, 11:05:21 PM »
He has good committee spots too.
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« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2016, 11:07:22 PM »
He represents Long Island, QED.
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« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2016, 11:26:09 PM »

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« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2016, 09:03:15 AM »
He's really good at pretending to be moderate when he's not bashing Muslims.
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« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2016, 09:11:59 AM »
Quote from: Senator Scott on September 04, 2016, 09:03:15 AM
He's really good at pretending to be moderate when he's not bashing Muslims.
Or calling the British Gov  a murder machine.
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« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2016, 10:22:16 AM »
He represents an area that tragically our incompetent president has failed to nuke.
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« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2016, 11:54:03 PM »
I live in the Nassau portion of the district.

He probably would have trouble if the 90's version of his district still existed.   2000's redistricting came along with Incumbent protection for both King & Israel turning two potentially competitive swing districts into two districts, with neither one that competitive.  Suozzi could have had in 06 if he ran, but had bigger thoughts at the time.  Ironically Suozzi is now running for Israel's open seat.

The district has changed quite a bit over the years, in the 90's the district was entirely Nassau based, in the 2000's it did take a portion of SW Suffolk, now the district is primarily Suffolk based (with a much larger chunk of SW Suffolk) with only a portion of the Nassau portion of the district (SE Nassau). 


The last redistricting did make the district a bit more Democratic and the district's minority population is a bit higher as well, but also moved Suozzi (who probably still would be the strongest challenger) out of the district.   The Town of Babylon does have a solid Democratic bench, but none of them have seemed to be interested in the job or the challenge.
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