{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Radio Chatskill","title":"New York Democratic Chair Calls Election Outcome a Surprise, Says Party Can't Focus on Cultural Issues Going Forward","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":785,"description":"New York Democrats came into the election working feverishly to flip several key House seats, and they largely succeeded. But that was a rare bright spot during a huge performance for Republicans and once and future president Donald Trump, who made gains in New York and nationwide as part of his decisive win.From the New York Public News Network, WAMC's Ian Pickus spoke Thursday with Jay Jacobs, Chair of the New York State Democratic Committee.What's your key takeaway from this election result? Well, I think on the local level in New York state, I think we did very well. You know, there was certainly a lot of disappointment two years ago when we lost four congressional seats that Joe Biden had won in the previous election. And we made it a major priority, of course, to win those seats back. And we won four seats back. We started that with Tom Suozzi’s special election after George Santos had to vacate his seat, and then we added to it on Tuesday with another congressional seat in Nassau County. So now both of Nassau County's seats went from red to blue, and then we've got Josh Riley, who is likely to be elected in the Hudson Valley, and you've got John Mannion in CD-22, so we did very well here. Of course, nationally, we're not too happy, and even in New York State, we see that Trump made some significant gains with voter blocs and for whatever reason, and we're analyzing it now, the voter turnout wasn't as strong as we had like would have liked.Now in the 17th district, you were hoping to win that seat back from Mike Lawler, who was able to win a second term against Mondaire Jones. There's a lot of speculation that he might be ready to run for governor now. Do you agree with that? Well, I don't know. I mean, there's nothing for me to agree or disagree. I don't know what he's going to do. I would say to you from the start, when we looked at that district, we knew that was going to be a tough district for us, the toughest of them all. Again, holding Pat Ryan's...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q7XXsnSXT_u4mZLCn3chUorwDmUD_kWiB272D6emB18/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80N2Uy/OGY5MWUwZThkYTEw/NDVkZGM2ZGZkZDIw/ZjliOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}