In the weeks after Democrats lost their House majority in 2022, party leaders in New York – the epicenter of the implosion – jockeyed hard to deflect blame.

Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi narrowly won reelection and Democrat Laura Gillen flipped a Nassau County blue, even as Long Islanders overwhelmingly backed Trump.

New York Democrats flipped a third US House seat after expensive and acrimonious races.The state serves as a bright spot as Democrats struggle nationwide to regain a majority in the chamber that would provide a check on the incoming administration of Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Senate.