re: #59 i(m)p(each)sos

Anyone looking for some late House impact up this way might consider a few decent prospects for R-to-D flips in my upstate NY neighborhood.

Nate McMurray has a very good chance (with strong turnout and $ support to buy ad time on Buffalo and Rochester TV) to flip the seat that used to belong to convicted felon Chris Collins. He came oh-so-close in the low-turnout special election for the seat. It wouldn’t take much to make it happen in the general.

Dana Balter is on TV already in Syracuse and Rochester in her race to unseat John Katko. This central NY district has a history of being swingy, and again, strong voter turnout in a Presidential year could flip it. She needs a little help for an especially strong showing because there’s a third-party Working Families candidate who screwed up his paperwork and doesn’t want to be on the ballot after all, so she needs to overcome any left-leaning votes that go to the WFP line instead.

A longer shot is Tracy Mitrano in the 23rd, running along the state’s southern border. She’s running against veteran R Tom Reed, who’s kind of odious in a Ben Sasse way, since he preaches moderation and morals and then votes straight ticket every time. Again, high D turnout in Ithaca and Corning just might move the needle on this one.

I’ll keep their names on my list for my next wave of benevolence—probably tomorrow after I get fired up watching the Hamilton crew tonight.