Midterms

Many college students in New York will be able to cast their ballot on campus this year. For some, it’s the first general election where that’s an option.

Candidates are calling on party leaders to help motivate voters and get their message out in the last week before Election Day.

Josh Riley will go on to face Republican Marc Molinaro in the general election for New York’s 19th Congressional District.

Now that Rep. Tom Reed has defended his seat against Democratic challenger Tracy Mitrano, he says his first priority is to pass a set of legislative rules changes from a bipartisan caucus he co-chairs. Reed and a few other representatives have said they'll withhold their support from the next House Speaker unless that person agrees to the changes. But, with the Democrats winning control of the House, that caucus may lose steam."I doubt that that caucus will stay together in terms of any leadership question because the Democrats who are members of that caucus, their bread is going to be buttered by whoever becomes Speaker," said Jim Twombly, professor of political science at Elmira College.

ITHACA, NY (WSKG) - When Amanda Kirchgessner won the Democratic primary for New York’s 58th Senate district, she didn’t have a campaign manager, a…

New York’s 19th congressional district has more independent voters than any other district in the state. But just because a voter is independent doesn’t mean they’ll vote third party.

Republican Congressman Tom Reed and Democratic challenger Tracy Mitrano met in a debate Tuesday night at Corning Community College. They are running for…