“New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, is expected to slow-walk the special election to replace Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, according to three people familiar with her thinking,” Semafor reports.
“It’s the latest sign of gamesmanship over the House GOP’s threadbare majority; Stefanik was nominated to be US ambassador to the United Nations in November but has not been confirmed due to her party’s narrow margins.
On the Republican side, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, isn’t in a hurry to fill the safe Democratic seat vacated because of Rep. Sylvester Turner’s death, either.”