Will Trump Make New York Democrats the New Lords of Capitol Hill?
((OK, Fingers crossed! And wouldn't mind a change from Schumer, but Nadler would be interesting, imo.))
'President Trump may well be one of the few New York leaders liked by the heartland of America. Yet his growing unpopularity elsewhere may not only fuel a Democratic resurgence in November — it may be the very thing that propels more New Yorkers into power.
If the Democrats retake the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, New York would play a larger role in Washington than it has in a generation.
Representative Jerrold L. Nadler would head the powerful House Judiciary Committee, charged with investigations into Mr. Trump’s administration. Representative Eliot L. Engel would become chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Nita M. Lowey would take the helm of the House Appropriations Committee — the first woman to do so.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who upset Representative Joseph Crowley in a Democratic House primary in June, is staking an early claim to becoming the leader of her party’s progressive movement next year.
Representative Hakeem Jeffries from Brooklyn is also angling for a role in the leadership slate, arguing that New York needs a voice in those ranks. (He could replace Mr. Crowley as the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, the fourth-ranking position in the party’s hierarchy.)
In the Senate, opposition to Mr. Trump is already being led by the minority leader, Chuck Schumer, who is Mr. Trump’s central legislative antinomy. Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, recently pledged $20 million to help Democratic Senate candidates, and is mulling his own run for the White House.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is a potential 2020 White House contender, as is Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/nyregion/democrats-new-york-midterm-elections.html?
