Election Results 2022: Polls close in New York and New Jersey; Returns come in across Tri-State - CBS New York

Political analysts Robert A. George and Javier Lacayo joined CBS2 for a person look astatine New York's gubernatorial race.

New York's 17th territory is 1 of the astir intimately watched races successful the state. The recently redrawn territory covers each implicit Rockland and Putnam Counties and parts of Westchester and Dutchess Counties. 

Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney is trying to stave disconnected a Republican triumph by Mike Lawler. Rockland Democrats are hosting a party, but the antheral of the infinitesimal won't beryllium there, CBS2's Tony Aiello reported.

The Maloney run alerted reporters the campaigner made a last-minute determination to question to Washington, D.C., fixed his relation arsenic president of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. 

Yesterday, Maloney said his get retired the ballot effort and 10 years representing the Hudson Valley would triumph him a sixth term, but Democrats are nervous. One called it the cleanable tempest of redistricting, economical anxieties, a somewhat unpopular president and Gov. Kathy Hochul struggling astatine the apical of the ticket. 

To win, Maloney needs to rack up votes successful Westchester. His run is besides keeping an oculus connected Hasidic communities successful Rockland wherever influential rabbis endorsed Maloney. 

Maloney faced a competitory contention successful 2014 and fewer thought helium would conflict this cycle. But redistricting, crime, the system and midterm struggles emblematic for the enactment that controls the White House are each putting him astatine risk. 

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The AP projects Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has won reelection to U.S. House successful New York's 14th Congressional District, defeating Republican Tina Forte.

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The AP projects Rep. Nicole Malliotakis has won reelection to the U.S. House, defeating Democrat Max Rose successful New York's 11th district.

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They archetypal went against each different 2 years agone erstwhile Malliotakis defeated the then-freshman Rep. Rose by six points. This clip around, Malliotakis seized connected elector concerns astir the system and nationalist safety. She was endorsed by erstwhile President Donald Trump and astir of New York City's constabulary and occurrence unions. 

Initially, Rose had a amended accidental of winning during New York's redistricting process, erstwhile Democrats redrew the 11th District to see Park Slope. But aft the courts intervened, the territory representation was restored to look precise akin to the 1 which chose Malliotakis successful 2020. 

The Associated Press has projected much winners successful New York races. 

Rep. Jerrold Nadler won reelection to U.S. House successful New York's 12th Congressional District. This triumph comes aft Nadler's territory lines were redrawn, putting him successful contention with Carolyn Maloney. 

In different results, the AP has projected Daniel Goldman has won the 10th Congressional District.

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U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer was elected to a 5th word Tuesday, easy defeating a Republican governmental commentator, but volition person to hold to larn whether he'll beryllium capable to support his rubric arsenic Senate bulk leader.

The 71-year-old Brooklyn autochthonal defeated Joe Pinion, who hosted a programme connected the blimpish TV transmission Newsmax and faced agelong likelihood successful a authorities wherever Democrats greatly outnumber Republicans.

While Schumer's contention lacked suspense, he'll apt beryllium connected the borderline of his spot passim the night, intimately monitoring contention returns elsewhere that volition find whether Democrats oregon Republicans power the Senate successful 2023.

If Republicans win, Schumer's tenure arsenic bulk person volition travel to an end.

Schumer archetypal won predetermination to the Senate successful 1998 aft 9 presumption successful the House of Representatives. He became bulk person past twelvemonth acknowledgment to Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking ballot successful the Senate, divided 50-50 aft the November 2020 election.

Schumer has utilized his party's fragile bulk to walk large authorities including a bipartisan weapon unit bil l and President Joe Biden's health, clime and economical package.

Back location successful New York, Schumer is known for his Sunday quality conferences connected bread-and-butter issues ranging from nutrient information to robocalls to the dangers of teen vaping. His taxable connected a caller Sunday was shrinking seats connected commercialized airliners.

"When talking to travelers connected airplanes the fig 1 ailment I get is however cramped the seats are," helium told reporters.

Schumer defeated his challengers by wide margins successful his 2004, 2010 and 2016 reelection campaigns.

Pinion, 39, served arsenic a spokesperson for a blimpish enactment that backs "free market" solutions to clime change, and arsenic a governmental commentator, astir precocious arsenic the big of "Saturday Agenda" connected Newsmax.

Schumer was assured capable successful his ain triumph this twelvemonth to transportation $15 cardinal from his run relationship to different Democratic Senate candidates and the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, the party's run limb for senators.

"Keeping and increasing the Democratic bulk successful the Senate is my apical priority," Schumer said erstwhile the gifts were archetypal reported successful September.

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Voters crossed the Tri-State Area and the federation headed to the polls Tuesday to ballot successful an predetermination galore experts said was the astir consequential midterms successful history.

Polls successful Connecticut and New Jersey closed astatine 8 p.m., and polls successful New York closed astatine 9 p.m.

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As polls adjacent successful New York, the governor's contention betwixt incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Lee Zeldin is unexpectedly close. 

Team Hochul is guardedly optimistic, but determination is an undercurrent of nervousness, CBS2's Marcia Kramer reports. 

Pundits said Hochul did not tally a beardown campaign, reasoning she could thrust the termination contented to November erstwhile it was transgression and the system connected voters' minds. 

Here's the thing. In August, Hochul was 24 points up and present polls amusement her erstwhile prohibitive pb has been erased. According to sources, the drive-by shooting astatine Zeldin's home made him a much sympathetic figure.

Meanwhile, everything astatine Zeldin's run office is acceptable up for victory. Champagne glasses are already lined up to celebrate, CBS2's Jessica Moore reports. 

It whitethorn beryllium close, but Zeldin's squad believes voters attraction astir 2 things: transgression and the economy. They said Zeldin is the champion idiosyncratic to tackle those issues. That's wherefore his tagline successful "Save our state." 

If elected, Zeldin would beryllium New York's archetypal Republican politician successful 20 years, since George Pataki.

Speaking of Pataki, helium was spotted astatine the edifice crossed the thoroughfare from Zeldin headquarters. Zeldin's campy is hoping helium comes implicit to observe a triumph 20 years successful the making. 

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. -- Republicans astatine Tom Kean Jr. office were betting connected a triumph enactment soon aft the polls closed successful New Jersey connected Tuesday night.

They powerfully judge they tin triumph the 7th Congressional District. They're betting connected voters being unhappy with the economy.

That's what caller polls are showing -- that voters are much acrophobic astir room array issues similar the rising costs of everything.

Kean's run has focused connected information and information and blasted incumbent Democrat Tom Malinowski for being brushed connected crime.

However, Democrats are informing if Republicans summation power of the House, women volition suffer their close to take successful each states.

Other polls besides amusement that white, suburban women and immoderate Latinos person shifted to the Republican Party.

The past clip Kean and Malinowski faced each other, it took days to number the votes earlier Malinowski won by conscionable implicit 5,000 votes. Many radical successful the country Tuesday nighttime said they expect the aforesaid adjacent contention this clip around, CBS2's Alice Gainer reported.

The 7th District was redrawn aft the 2020 census. Redistricting favored different Democrats successful the state, but not Malinowski, who is seeking a 3rd term. The territory present includes much Republican-leaning towns.

But it's worthy noting that astir one-third successful the territory are not registered with a governmental party.

Malinowski formed his ballot connected Tuesday greeting successful East Amwell Township successful Hunterdon County, wherever helium said helium was feeling optimistic.

"Most voters are not single-issue voters. They attraction astir market price. They besides attraction astir not losing their rights. They besides attraction astir not having governmental violence," Malinowski said.

The candidates debated twice, duking it retired implicit termination entree and the economy. 

The contention for New York's 11th Congressional District is among the astir competitive. 

It's a rematch betwixt Rep. Nicole Malliotakis and challenger Max Rose. 

It's the lone legislature plaything territory successful New York City. It includes each of Staten Island and parts of Southern Brooklyn, portion determination is surely a Republican stronghold there, experts accidental the contention is truly going to travel down to elector turnout. 

It's deja vu for Malliotakis and Rose. They archetypal went against each different 2 years agone erstwhile Malliotakis defeated the then-freshman Rep. Rose by six points. This clip around, Malliotakis has been seizing connected elector concerns astir the system and nationalist safety. She is endorsed by erstwhile President Donald Trump and astir of New York City's constabulary and occurrence unions. 

Rose meantime has been trying to region himself from chap Democrats, though helium is endorsed by section Democratic officials, arsenic good arsenic the teachers union. 

CBS2's Ali Bauman asked voters connected Staten Island what was connected their minds arsenic they were heading into the polls. 

"The biggest contented is crime. The metropolis is retired of power and somebody's got to halt it," said elector Richard Conte. 

"Climate issues, crime, bail betterment were important issues for me," said elector Jessica Green. 

"Women's rights, 100 percent," said elector Meg Accordino. 

Initially, Rose had a amended accidental of winning during New York's redistricting process, erstwhile Democrats redrew the 11th District to see Park Slope. But aft the courts intervened, the territory representation was restored to look precise akin to the 1 which chose Malliotakis successful 2020. 

In Connecticut, the AP has projected that U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has won a 3rd word successful office, fending disconnected a situation from first-time campaigner Leora Levy, a Republican who was endorsed by erstwhile President Donald Trump.

Blumenthal, 76, the state's erstwhile lawyer general, focused overmuch of his run connected being a backstop for termination rights successful Connecticut and Democratic policies successful Washington. Blumenthal vowed to combat immoderate effort successful Congress to enforce a nationalist termination prohibition that would override Connecticut's existent law. Abortion is ineligible successful Connecticut with restrictions.

He besides warned ideology would beryllium astatine hazard if the GOP gained power of the U.S. Senate.

"We are successful a break-the-glass infinitesimal successful this democracy," Blumenthal said aft accepting the Democratic Party's information successful August. "And we request to basal up to the Trump Republicans, to peculiar interests, to anyone who would enactment america backmost successful clip connected workers' rights, women's rights, civilian rights and liberties. It is the combat of our lifetime."

In the Republican primary, Levy, 65, defeated the party's endorsed candidate, erstwhile authorities House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, a societal moderate, with the assistance of a precocious endorsement from Trump. In summation to his endorsement, Trump held a fundraiser for Levy astatine his Mar-a-Lago Club successful Florida.

Levy had hoped to go the archetypal Republican U.S. legislator from Connecticut since Lowell P. Weicker Jr., who served from 1971 to 1989.

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New Yorkers who headed to the polls Tuesday cognize this predetermination has precocious stakes. 

Beyond the statewide offices determination are ballot questions, a U.S. Senate spot and 26 Congressional seats connected the line. 

CBS2's Dave Carlin was successful New York City and Westchester County to find retired what issues brought voters out.

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Long Island's 4 legislature races are each considered competitory this year, with lone 1 incumbent connected the ballot.

In the 4th Congressional District, Republican Anthony D'Esposito faces Democrat Laura Gillen.

In District 1, Lee Zeldin's aged district, Democrat Bridget Fleming is squaring disconnected against Republican Nick LaLota.

District 2 is Republican Peter King's aged seat. It represents parts of Nassau and Suffolk counties. It's a rematch betwixt Republican incumbent Andrew Garbarino and Democrat Jackie Gordon. The 2 ran against each different successful 2020.

There's a historical contention successful Nassau County, wherever Democrat Robert Zimmerman is moving against Republican George Santos for New York's 3rd Congressional District. This volition beryllium the archetypal clip successful United States past that 2 openly cheery legislature candidates are moving against each different successful a wide election.

In Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont is facing Republican Bob Stefanowski, who narrowly mislaid to Lamont successful 2018.

Lamont was retired successful Stamford connected Tuesday morning, gathering with run volunteers and doing immoderate last-minute campaigning.

The Democrat is seeking a 2nd word and elector turnout appears to beryllium high.

"I'm feeling good. You cognize why? 'Cause radical are voting. I emotion the information that radical cognize their ballot makes a quality present successful this predetermination and crossed the country," Lamont said.

Stefanowski, meanwhile, voted successful Madison, New Haven County. He planned to marque stops astatine 15 polling places to greet voters.

"So we've enactment everything we perchance could into this campaign. I'd beryllium honored to person people's ballot today. I inquire you for your vote," helium said.

The astir caller Quinnipiac canvass had Lamont 15 points up of Stefanowski.

Independent Robert Hotaling is besides running.

In the contention for Senate, Democrat Richard Blumenthal is defending his spot against challenger Republican Leora Levy.

Meanwhile, a ballot question asks if the authorities constitution should beryllium changed to let aboriginal voting.

Connecticut is 1 of lone 4 states with nary signifier of aboriginal voting.

If voters accidental yes, aboriginal voting would beryllium successful spot successful clip for the 2024 statesmanlike election.

A seismic displacement successful Congress could beryllium up aft Tuesday's predetermination results. The stakes are precocious for some parties. CBS2's Dick Brennan has a look astatine the equilibrium of powerfulness and what could happen.

New York has an unusually precocious fig of competitory legislature races this year.

In the 17th District, Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney is facing disconnected against Republican Mike Lawler. As CBS2's Tony Aiello reports, it's a cardinal contention arsenic Republicans nationwide anticipation to triumph power of the House.

The breeze was brisk and turnout has been dependable arsenic voters crossed the recently drawn 17th Congressional District marque their choice.

Maloney and his husband, Randy Florke, voted adjacent their location successful Putnam County. The congressman said helium planned a quiescent Election Day.

"I similar to spell for a hike sometimes successful the woods, wide my head, and again, I deliberation that Election Day is simply a time to respect the voters. We've had our accidental to marque our case; now, it's up to them," Maloney said.

He added helium planned to walk clip thanking run volunteers.

Maloney hasn't been successful a adjacent contention since 2014, erstwhile helium won by 3,000 votes. Redistricting means his territory present includes galore Rockland County residents helium has ne'er represented.

His run volition beryllium keeping a adjacent oculus connected returns from Peekskill, a Democratic stronghold successful bluish Westchester, and from Hasidic communities successful Rockland, wherever Maloney won the endorsement of influential rabbis.

Democratic insiders are cautiously optimistic but realistic -- this contention is rated a tossup.

Because Maloney runs the Democrats' effort to support Congress, Republicans would instrumentality large delight successful knocking him out.

Maloney emphasized predetermination integrity, termination rights and weapon power during the run portion besides arguing Democratic efforts to easiness ostentation are opening to work.

It's not conscionable redistricting that's made this a choky race. House Republicans person helped funnel successful much than $8 cardinal into the district, wealth mostly spent connected governmental ads.

As CBS2's Kevin Rincon reports, Lawler voted successful Pearl River with his wife, Doina, and planned a time of last-minute campaigning.

"I'll beryllium driving astir the district. We person a motortruck with signs and conscionable barnstorm the territory and effort to crook radical retired to vote," helium said.

Throughout his campaign, he's been focused connected economical issues -- things similar ostentation and taxes -- and he's campaigned connected crime, calling for a alteration to bail betterment laws successful the state.

He says his squad has seen immoderate precocious turnout numbers, which helium hopes volition help, and if helium does travel retired connected top, it would beryllium the archetypal clip successful 42 years that a Republican beats the sitting seat of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Voters are nary uncertainty anxious for the contention to reason aft some sides spent astir $20 cardinal connected a barrage of onslaught ads.

Because a justice gave the OK to number astir absentee ballots Tuesday night, alternatively of waiting until Wednesday, some campaigns expect to cognize the victor earlier the nighttime is out.

It's the unanswered question of the night: Are voters successful the heavy Democratic Empire State acceptable to elite the archetypal Republican politician successful 20 years? 

Kathy Hochul is doing everything successful her powerfulness to forestall that. 

It's judgement time for Hochul. 

New York voters volition archer her unequivocally whether they similar the occupation she's done since replacing her scandal-scarred boss, Andrew Cuomo. 

With transgression 1 of the apical issues successful the campaign, she talked astir however New York City has made a harmless comeback nether her leadership. 

"I person covered each country of the city, and there's truthful overmuch electricity. People are walking the streets. They're successful restaurants precocious astatine night, they're going to plays, they're going to entertainment. The metropolis is back," Hochul said. 

Hochul is taking a caller tack successful her last-minute effort to galvanize voters successful an unexpectedly choky contention to go the archetypal pistillate really elected politician of the Empire State. Call it reverse psychology: Telling voters that transgression can't perchance beryllium retired of power if New Yorkers are erstwhile again basking successful the delights of the metropolis that ne'er sleeps.

"I privation to pb this authorities implicit the adjacent 4 years, and perchance beyond, with that consciousness of optimism that we've not had present successful a agelong time," Hochul said. 

Hochul, slammed for being brushed connected transgression by Republican challenger Lee Zeldin, kept up a frenetic gait of campaigning, hoping to boost turnout successful New York City, which is cardinal to her predetermination success. 

One motion of Democratic interest and the request to get each azygous elector to the polls is that Hochul, a moderate, campaigned with hard near Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Woodside, Queens. In caller days, she campaigned with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and erstwhile President Bill Clinton. 

Hochul besides mocked Zeldin's insistence that helium is the existent transgression fighter. 

"The quality is dependable wound versus existent dependable policy. It's existent casual to spell retired connected a thoroughfare country and shriek astir crime, but erstwhile you reason each portion of sensible weapon information authorities that we person enactment guardant successful the authorities but besides had a accidental to basal up successful Congress," Hochul said. 

Here's an inside-the-campaign tidbit. Sources archer Kramer that Hochul was acrophobic Zeldin got a limb up connected her connected the transgression fron erstwhile there was a shooting adjacent his Long Island home. It showed that adjacent a campaigner for politician was not immune from crime. 

There whitethorn beryllium fewer high-stakes races successful New Jersey, but voters wanted their accidental with the equilibrium of powerfulness up for grabs successful Washington, CBS2's Christina Fan reported Tuesday. 

It was crowded wrong 1 polling spot in Fort Lee, wherever fewer seemed satisfied with the absorption the state is moving in. 

"It's clip for alteration and the lone mode to bash it is to amusement your licence and vote," said Jay Blau. 

Inflation and termination were apical issues connected people's minds. Global tensions besides took a beforehand seat.

"We request peaceful life. And second, we request safety. Third, we request the prices to travel down due to the fact that it's excessively overmuch money," said Hasmik Manoukian. 

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There's a rematch successful New York's 11th Congressional District betwixt Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis and challenger Max Rose.

As CBS2's Ali Bauman reports, it's 1 of the astir consequential races successful our area.

It's the astir competitory legislature contention successful New York City. The 11th territory includes each of Staten Island and parts of confederate Brooklyn.

Both candidates tin accidental they person won this spot before.

Democrat Max Rose took his household to the polls Tuesday arsenic helium looks to unseat Republican Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, who already formed her ballot connected the archetypal time of aboriginal voting.

It's deja vu for the candidates. They archetypal went against each different 2 years ago, erstwhile Malliotakis defeated then-freshman congressman Rose by six points.

So who are voters going for this year?

"It was Rose. I conscionable consciousness similar helium truly cares astir the assemblage and the people," Staten Island elector Destiny Abraham said.

"Of course, I voted consecutive down the enactment blimpish Republican due to the fact that of the devastation this existent medication has perpetrated upon America," Staten Island elector Myron Walker said.

This clip around, Malliotakis has been pursuing her party's strategy, focusing connected elector concerns astir the system and nationalist safety, portion Rose has been trying to region himself from Democrats and person voters helium tin forge bipartisan solutions.

"I felt similar helium stood for a batch of things that I personally basal for erstwhile it comes to radical injustice and things similar that," Staten Island elector Jessica Green said.

"I voted for Nicole. He stood with Defund the Police, and arsenic you tin see, you can't defund the police. You're gonna suffer the full city," Staten Island elector Richard Conte said.

"Abortion rights is precise important. It's a captious concern for women, truthful I privation to ballot due to the fact that of that," Staten Island elector Bisi Sadiq said.

"Voting similar our lives beryllium connected it due to the fact that it does," Staten Island elector Andrew Flores said.

The 11th Congressional District is the lone territory successful New York City to person voted for erstwhile president Donald Trump successful some 2016 and 2020.

Staten Island decidedly has a Republican stronghold, but immoderate whitethorn beryllium amazed to larn determination are really much registered Democrats than Republicans there, truthful experts accidental this contention is truly going to travel down to elector turnout.

In Nassau County, passionate GOP campaigner Anthony D'Esposito, of Island Park, is successful the contention to win retiring Rep. Kathleen Rice. He denies helium is an "errand boy" for the National Rifle Association.

The 40-year-old was calved and raised successful the municipality of Hempstead.

Like his legislature opponent, he's a merchandise of Catholic schools; helium graduated Chaminade, past went disconnected to Hofstra. He joined the NYPD arsenic a bull and a detective, he's a unpaid firefighter and he's described arsenic a arrogant lockstep loyal Republican.

Tuesday, the large guns came retired to enactment him -- Republican gubernatorial campaigner Congressman Lee Zeldin.

"I deliberation it volition beryllium a large partnership. I deliberation there's a batch of things that we tin bash present successful Nassau County with bully friends," D'Esposito said. "Abortion is an important issue, but close now, the things that radical are focused connected are outgo of living, transgression and inflation, and rather frankly, a batch of radical are acrophobic astir our unfastened borders, arsenic well."

Hofstra pollsters constituent retired that clime change, termination rights, weapon information and pupil indebtedness indebtedness simplification are apical of caput among young people, but truthful acold 18-34 twelvemonth olds are not going to the polls successful the aforesaid proportionality successful Nassau County arsenic radical successful different property groups. That bodes good for Republicans.

D'Esposito hopes to beryllium the archetypal Republican since 1997 to triumph the 4th Congressional District, which encompasses southwest Nassau northbound to Garden City and Uniondale. Observers are wondering if the bump Democrats got from the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade successful June has deflated.

CBS News Chief Election and Campaign Correspondent Robert Costa says it's been 12 years since New York had this galore adjacent House races. 

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. -- One of the cardinal races that could find the equilibrium of powerfulness successful the House of Representatives is successful New Jersey's 7th Congressional District.

Incumbent Democrat Tom Malinowski is facing Republican challenger Tom Kean Jr., the lad of a fashionable Garden State governor.

As CBS2's Christine Sloan reported Tuesday, the GOP is pouring millions of dollars into the contention due to the fact that the enactment believes it could triumph the seat.

When Malinowski faced Kean successful 2020, helium was won by lone 8,000 votes. Since then, the territory that covers parts of Union and Essex counties has been redrawn to favour Republicans.

Sloan asked voters astir their concerns. One mates from Westfield said they were voting for Kean and explained why.

"Democracy and state to accidental your views and everyone listening to each other," Barbara Ruvolo said.

"Security, information successful the streets, the migration issue," John Ruvolo added.

READ MORE: Democrat Tom Malinowski, Republican Tom Kean Jr. quadrate disconnected successful heated statement successful N.J.'s 7th Congressional District race

Others told Sloan they were voting against Republicans who've aligned themselves with erstwhile President Donald Trump -- what Malinowski has accused Kean of doing.

"I americium a small acrophobic astir putting anybody successful bureau who could beryllium perchance aligned with a conception that is denying the validity of our elections," a Westfield nonmigratory said.

"Economy is precise important to maine ... weapon unit is important to me," a Scotch Plains nonmigratory added.

Malinowski is hoping termination is the 1 contented that'll get voters to thin toward Democrats, similar him. However, governmental idiosyncratic Peter Woolley said a caller Fairleigh Dickinson University canvass said voters attraction much astir the economy.

"There are a batch of radical who are precise upset astir Roe v. Wade. There are a batch of radical who are excited astir it. But it doesn't look to alteration the premix dramatically astatine each erstwhile you look astatine radical who volition beryllium drawn to the polls due to the fact that of it," Woolley said.

Both candidates person made usage of governmental flyers during the campaign. Kean's absorption connected safety, rising car thefts successful New Jersey and the economy, portion Malinowski's accidental if Republicans triumph the House, termination volition beryllium overturned successful each states.

The past clip New York elected a Republican politician was successful 2002 erstwhile George Pataki won a 3rd term.

This year's contention is close, but challenger Lee Zeldin has told supporters he's assured helium volition win, CBS2's Jessica Moore reported Tuesday. 

"Whether it is freedom, acquisition oregon making our streets safer, we came to this run with our values and ideals," said Zeldin. 

Zeldin kicked disconnected Election Day by voting for himself astatine a polling spot successful Mastic Beach. With his woman by his side, the congressman spoke to a rowdy radical of supporters astatine the Suffolk County Republican Headquarters wherever helium continued his pugnacious connected transgression message. 

"Today is simply a time for nary excuses. Tomorrow is simply a time for action, to beryllium capable to get to work, to really beryllium capable to crook things astir successful this authorities and this country," said Zeldin.

In a authorities wherever registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to one, the contention for politician is unexpectedly close. Zeldin has promised to tackle prime of beingness issues, specified arsenic transgression and outgo of living, facing New Yorkers. 

"There should beryllium nary enigma arsenic to wherefore Kathy Hochul is going to suffer this contention today," helium added. 

Zeldin said helium needs to triumph a 3rd of voters successful New York City, which runs six Democrats for each Republican. Political strategists accidental helium besides needs to triumph large successful Westchester and overwhelmingly connected Long Island to bushed Gov. Kathy Hochul. 

"When you're moving to beryllium the politician of New York, you're moving to beryllium the politician of each New Yorkers. This is simply a run to springiness radical their authorities back, to person a politician who doesn't presumption New Yorkers arsenic his oregon her apostles," said Zeldin. "Let's spell retired for the hours that stay and bash our portion to prevention our state, to reconstruct it to glory, to occurrence Kathy Hochul and extremity 1 enactment rule." 

Zeldin was connected his mode to Midtown Manhattan for an predetermination viewing party.

The 4th Congressional District has been a bluish spot for galore years. There are acold much Democrats than Republicans. 

This year, it's considered a flip up aft a reddish question successful the suburbs past year, and due to the fact that a ample chunk of voters are not enrolled successful immoderate party. 

Laura Gillen is acquainted to them. She was the lone Democrat to service arsenic Hempstead municipality supervisor - the largest township successful America - and took connected nepotism, and introduced morals reforms. 

Now she's moving for Congress, with a connection that she tin enactment with some sides of the aisle due to the fact that she's done it. Her slogan: Democracy and decency is connected the ballot, advocating for communal consciousness weapon laws, women's reproductive rights and reinstating the SALT taxation deduction. 

"We've gotten to a spot of extremism connected some sides of the aisle, not talking to each other, not getting things done and I consciousness we request to reconstruct civility to discourse. Also I'm disquieted that my 80-year-old parent volition bask much rights than my 20-year-old daughter," Gillen said. 

The destiny of the 4th Congressional District spot volition person nationalist implications. Three of 4 Long Island Congressional seats are open  - this is 1 of them, and could spell either way. Control of the House could travel down to less that 10 seats. 

Gov. Kathy Hochul filled retired her ballot successful Buffalo connected Oct. 29, the archetypal time of aboriginal voting successful New York. Republican challenger Lee Zeldin voted connected Election Day astatine his Long Island polling place. 

Gov. Kathy Hochul started her greeting greeting commuters astatine the 86th Street subway station. 

As CBS2's Zinnia Maldonado reports, she's acceptable to deed a fig of antithetic stations and diners passim the city, moving for each past ballot adjacent connected Election Day.

"Election Day has arrived, and I'm calling connected anyone who has not had a accidental to aboriginal vote, who waited for this precise magical day, to get retired determination and workout your close to marque a determination successful a contention that has the astir utmost opposition we've ever seen successful decades present successful the authorities of New York for governor," Hochul said Tuesday morning. 

Hochul made her rounds passim the Upper East Side up of what's acceptable to beryllium a engaged time for the governor. She's hoping voters volition elite her successful her ain close to a afloat four-year word starring the authorities of New York. 

It's Hochul's 14th election, but this would beryllium the Buffalo native's archetypal history-making win. If victorious, she becomes the archetypal pistillate elected politician successful New York's history. 

Although with a choky contention expected against Republican challenger Lee Zeldin, governmental experts accidental Hochul needs African American voters successful New York City and women to crook retired successful large numbers for a win. 

"It depends whether radical travel retired upstate, successful the suburbs, successful the city. That's politics," said Frederick Umane, Republican Commissioner for the New York City Board of Elections. 

Those Maldonado spoke with archetypal successful enactment astatine Robert Wagner Middle School said they recognize a batch is rising connected Tuesday's votes. 

"I cognize that it's a choky race, which makes it adjacent much important for radical to amusement up," Upper East Side nonmigratory Isaiah Anderson said. 

"This is the archetypal clip since astatine slightest I've been a elector successful the state, wherever it's been truthful important for everyone to spell retired and formed their ballot, due to the fact that it's not truthful evidently going to spell blue, similar it has historically," said Upper East Side nonmigratory Allison Schultz. 

Hochul spent the past week campaigning hard. She met with folks connected the Upper West Side and Harlem connected Monday, earlier heading up to Buffalo wherever she made her closing arguments successful hopes to energize voters. On Sunday, she spoke successful Yonkers, joined by protagonist President Joe Biden. 

Her latest remarks Tuesday greeting were her occupation arsenic politician isn't implicit yet.

"I privation to pb this authorities into the adjacent 4 years and perchance beyond with that consciousness of optimism that we haven't had present successful a agelong time. I privation to bring that to New Yorkers, and that's what's going to commencement archetypal happening time morning," she said. 

Hochul said she's been moving a marathon since August of past twelvemonth erstwhile she was sworn successful arsenic governor, and she's prepared to proceed moving for the adjacent 4 years. 

Republican Lee Zeldin held his last run rally successful Medford, not acold from his location successful Shirley. 

The parking batch astatine Suffolk County Republican Headquarters was afloat of Zeldin supporters and run volunteers Tuesday morning, CBS2's John Dias reported. 

Zeldin continued his pugnacious connected transgression messaging, galvanizing supporters earlier they started telephone banking and doorway knocking. 

The contention is unexpectedly close. Political strategists said Zeldin has to combat for a stock of Westchester County and triumph overwhelmingly connected Long Island successful bid to decision Gov. Kathy Hochul. 

"Today is simply a time for nary excuses. Tomorrow is simply a time for action, to beryllium capable to get to work, to really beryllium capable to crook things astir successful this authorities and this country," said Zeldin. "When you're moving to beryllium the politician of New York, you're moving to beryllium the politician of each New Yorkers. This is simply a run to springiness radical their authorities back, to person a politician who doesn't presumption New Yorkers arsenic his oregon her apostles."

"There should beryllium nary enigma arsenic to wherefore Kathy Hochul is going to suffer this contention today," helium added. 

Zeldin voted earlier the rally astatine his polling spot successful Mastic Beach. He's expected to caput to different run determination successful Patchogue 

Mayor Eric Adams endorsed Hochul, but Zeldin said he'd enactment hand-in-hand with Adams to guarantee New York City streets are safe. 

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Gov. Kathy Hochul is acceptable to sojourn a fig of subway stations and diners connected the Upper East Side up of her ticker enactment aboriginal this evening. The politician says she's not done yet. 

This is Hochul's 14th election, but she's ne'er had truthful overmuch connected the line. If she wins, she volition go the archetypal pistillate elected politician successful the state's history. 

Monday morning, she met with folks connected the Upper West Side, talking astir transgression and pointing retired that she had her archetypal property league with Mayor Eric Adams connected subway transgression six days aft she took office. 

She past deed the pavement successful Harlem successful hopes of energizing voters, earlier heading to Buffalo wherever she made her closing arguments earlier a monolithic crowd. 

Meanwhile connected Sunday, she spoke successful Yonkers, joined by protagonist President Joe Biden. 

With a choky contention expected, governmental experts accidental Hochul needs African American voters successful New York City and she needs women to crook retired successful large numbers to unafraid a win. 

"I volition not fto you down, due to the fact that you've ne'er fto maine down. The enactment that you've been doing -- the tireless work, the reaching everybody, pulling them out, saying this ballot matters. It matters," she told supporters successful Buffalo. "I'm truthful grateful, truthful grateful for that effort. It is humbling for a girl of Buffalo to beryllium a politician of New York, and I convey each 1 of you."

She is acceptable for a afloat four-year word arsenic the politician and she is doing everything successful her powerfulness to marque definite voters people her sanction connected the ballot. 

Gov. Kathy Hochul's Republican challenger Congressman Lee Zeldin has been focusing heavy connected transgression during his campaign. Zeldin says if elected, he'll enactment intimately with Mayor Eric Adams to marque the metropolis safer.

He'll commencement his time voting, past caput to Medford to big a rally -- his past earlier the polls adjacent contiguous -- to galvanize supporters. 

This contention is unexpectedly adjacent successful heavy Democratic New York. Political strategists accidental successful bid for Zeldin to win, helium has to combat for his stock of Westchester and triumph Long Island overwhelmingly.

The cardinal issues are transgression and nationalist safety. Zeldin insists transgression is retired of power and that successful her clip successful office, Hochul has not been capable to halt it.

But she has attacked Zeldin for rushing to transgression scenes to item the issue. He was astatine a Bronx subway presumption wherever a antheral was stabbed successful the neck Sunday to impulse voters to prevention the state. 

He's already feeling optimistic that helium and different Republicans volition win. 

"There volition beryllium nary regret, determination volition beryllium conscionable a suspiration of relief. You each volition beryllium capable to perceive to hard fought and good earned triumph speeches being delivered by each of your candidates," Zeldin said Monday. 

Although New York City has agelong been regarded arsenic a Democratic stronghold -- astir 70% of voters registry arsenic Democrat -- Zeldin thinks his occurrence successful the metropolis volition find the outcome. 

While Adams has endorsed Hochul, Zeldin says helium volition enactment manus successful manus with the politician to marque the streets harmless again. 

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There are four choky Congressional races connected Long Island and nary of them are considered a definite thing.

Three of the 4 are unfastened seats, due to the fact that Lee Zeldin, Tom Suozzi and Kathleen Rice each decided not to question re-election.

CBS2's Carolyn Gusoff has much connected the 4th Congressional District connected Nassau County's South Shore, which is considered a flip up.

Republicans are spending large bucks to knock disconnected almighty incumbent Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and whitethorn beryllium successful information of losing his seat. 

All signs constituent to a competitory contention betwixt Maloney and GOP challenger Mike Lawler. It's rated by astir pundits arsenic a toss-up, CBS2's Tony Aiello reported Monday.