From Buffalo’s suburbs on Lake Erie to the eastern tip of Long Island, New Yorkers are casting ballots on Aug. 23 in primaries for 63 state senate and 26 U.S. House seats.
It is the second round of inner-party preliminary elections to set slates for November general elections in New York, where proposed state senate and congressional district maps had to be redrawn under court order by a special master.
Unlike many of the preceding primaries across 42 states, New York’s Aug. 23 primaries are not expected to spur large turnouts. Late August is when many take late-summer vacations before schools reopen in early September….