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| An Once-in-a-Lifetime Election |
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The elections that will take place on November 2, 2010, are extremely important, because they will determine the direction of New York State and the nation for the next decade, due to a process called gerrymandering. Gerrymandering takes place when those elected to the State Legislature redraw all state and federal legislative districts for New York State.
There is something else that is unique to New York State that will happen on Election Day, November 2, 2010. This will be the first time in 72 years that such an election has happened, making it an once-in-a-lifetime election. What is so different about the elections this year? All state and federal legislative positions are up for election at the same time. This has not happened since 1938. The offices up for election are: Governor and Lieutenant Governor (running together on one ticket), Attorney General, State Comptroller, both US Senators, all 29 Congressional seats, and the entire State Legislature (62 Senators and 150 Assemblymembers). US Senate seats are usually on staggered, 6-year terms, so that both US Senate seats in a particular state do not come up for election at the same time. The reason both of New York’s US Senate seats are up for election in November 2010, started with Senator Clinton’s appointment by President Obama to serve as Secretary of State. That left Clinton’s seat vacant. Governor Paterson appointed Senator Gillibrand to serve until the next election cycle, moving it out of the normal staggered, 6-year cycle. Senator Gillibrand must run in 2010 for a 2-year term before she goes on the staggered US Senate election cycle. In 2012, she will have to run for reelection for the 6-year term. Senator Schumer is completing his second, 6-year term and is up for reelection. At the federal level, there is the potential for the US House of Representatives and/or the US Senate to change leadership from the current Democratic leadership to Republican leadership. At the state level, it is extremely unlikely that the State Assembly would tip from Democratic to Republican control (the Democrats vastly outnumber Republicans in this chamber), but it is possible that the State Senate may tip back to a Republican Majority. The Democrats have only held this chamber since 2009. It is vitally important that all New York State residents, who qualify to vote, be sure they are registered to vote and pay attention to the campaigns. This is an once-in-a-lifetime election. |
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| Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 February 2010 ) |
These redrawn districts will hold for 10 years. This is done after the census is taken every decade. The state legislators elected this year will draw the new districts. They draw the district lines in unusual and unique designs to favor one candidate or political party over another.