New York Republicans regained the majority of the State Senate as Judge Certifies Race

New York, the Republicans regained control of the state Senate after Jack Martin was declared the winner of a race in Nassau County today by Supreme Court Justice Ira Warshawsky, The Associated Press.

The ruling gives Republicans at least 32 members in the chamber's 62 seats, with a contest is still undecided. By 2008, when Democrats won a majority in the Senate 32-30, the Senate had been controlled by Republicans since 1966. Democrats held a majority in the Assembly of 150 seats in the Nov. 2 election.

The victory of the Republicans on Democratic Sen. Craig Johnson reinforced the party's position in negotiations for next year close to $ 9 billion budget deficit and the development of new district boundaries from lawmakers.

"The arrogance of one-party rule" in the Legislature voting injured during the past two years, Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos of Rockville Centre, said. Democrats used their majority to drive increased spending and taxes to the minimum number of votes required, and without Republican support.

Senate Republicans elected as their leader Skelos November 29. Skelos said then he hoped to be elected president of the Senate when lawmakers return to Albany in January. As president, programming control of the Senate.

Most Democrats exposed the left vulnerable to the demands of their own members who helped to delay a budget agreement this year to four months after the start of the fiscal year. In 2009, when the Senate was deadlocked at 31-31 after a Democratic senator temporarily defected to the Republicans, $ 2.9 billion revenue accounts were stalled for a month.

Commitment to Independence

Before the elections, all Senate Republicans and 21 of 32 Democrats signed a pledge to create an independent commission to draw lines to the district legislators, without favoring any party or candidate, according to survey of New York, a group promoter of the idea.

"It will be interesting to see if they honor their words after the election," said Dick Dadey, director of Citizens Union, a New York City non-partisan control group. The commission is required to break the practice of "election of legislators to their voters instead of voters in the election of legislators," drawing district lines to protect incumbents, he said.

In the past, when Republicans controlled the Senate and the Assembly Democrats had "every one said to another, you redistricting," said Ed Koch, former mayor of New York and founder of the Insurrection in New York.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate after the 2000 census although the Board of Elections data showed that they were outnumbered by 5.24 to 3.17 million registered voters this year. Since then Democratic advantage among registered voters has increased from 5.79 to 2.91 million.

Senate Republicans won a majority of seats in the chamber even when the candidate at the top of the ticket, Carlos Paladino, lost to Democrat Andrew Cuomo in the race for governor. Democrats also won races for comptroller, attorney general and the two U.S. Senate seats last month.