Democratic state Sen. Tim Kennedy won the New York special election in the state’s 26th Congressional District to replace former Democratic Rep. Brian Higgins, narrowing the House Republican majority even further ahead of the 2024 election.
Kennedy defeated Republican Gary Dickson, a West Seneca supervisor who is an Army and FBI veteran, on Tuesday night. Kennedy has been a member of the New York state Senate since January 2011 and has said he considered Higgins a mentor.
The state senator ran on a Democrat platform of protecting Social Security and Medicare, as well as reproductive rights, in a “solid Democratic” seat ranked D+10 by Cook Political Report. Despite the similar last names, he is not related to former President John F. Kennedy. However, with his win, he will become the sole Democratic Kennedy
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