{"id":2437598,"date":"2025-05-21T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-wins-special-election-for-new-york-state-senate-in-district-trump-won-by-double-digits-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:06:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:06:57","slug":"democrat-wins-special-election-for-new-york-state-senate-in-district-trump-won-by-double-digits-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-wins-special-election-for-new-york-state-senate-in-district-trump-won-by-double-digits-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat wins special election for New York state senate in district Trump won by double digits &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-wins-special-election-for-new-york-state-senate-in-district-trump-won-by-double-digits-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2437598&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-highlights-bidens-failures-eyes-gop-victory\/\" title=\"McConnell highlights Biden\u2019s failures, eyes GOP victory\">recent special election<\/a>, Democrat Sam Sutton secured a decisive victory for a New York state Senate seat in a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >district previously won<\/a> by President Donald Trump by a significant margin. sutton triumphed over Republican Nachman Caller with 67.6% of the vote compared to Caller&#8217;s 32.4%. This election was prompted by the resignation of former state Senator Simcha Felder, who moved to the New York City Council. Sutton&#8217;s win is particularly significant as the district includes a large Orthodox Jewish community, which he is connected to as a co-leader of the Sephardic Community Federation. In his victory speech, Sutton emphasized his commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-day-dinner-nikki-haley-re-ups-call-for-competency-tests-after-mcconnell-freeze\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley renews competency test call at Lincoln Day Dinner follo...g McConnell&#039;s halt.\">addressing key issues<\/a> such as antisemitism, economic development, and public safety, expressing eagerness to serve the diverse constituency of South Brooklyn.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrat wins special election for New York state senate in district Trump won by double digits<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2075382\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democrat Sam Sutton won a special election in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York<\/a> for state Senate in a district President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> won by a vast margin in the 2024 election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sutton defeated Republican Nachman Caller, an attorney who previously ran for state Assembly. He beat Caller 67.6% to 32.4%.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3418760\/california-democrat-governor-candidate-antonio-villaraigosa-kamala-harris-biden-cover-up\/\">California Democrat running for governor swipes Harris for Biden &#8216;cover-up&#8217; as she mulls 2026 campaign<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3418278\/florida-governor-race-candidates-matt-gaetz-rumors\/\">Florida sees possible five-way race for governor open up as Gaetz rumors swirl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3418105\/pittsburgh-mayor-democratic-primary-corey-oconnor\/\">Progressive Pittsburgh mayor loses to challenger in Democratic primary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Sutton&rsquo;s win retains the seat for the Democrats. The special election was called after former state Sen. Simcha Felder resigned from his position last month to serve on the New York City Council.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Brooklyn<\/a> district includes a heavily Orthodox Jewish area, a community to which Sutton has close ties as a co-leader of the Sephardic Community Federation. In the last election, Trump won 77% of the vote within the district&rsquo;s boundaries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3401202\/trump-first-100-days-party-billed-official-anything-but\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>A PARTY FOR TRUMP&rsquo;S FIRST 100 DAYS WAS BILLED AS &lsquo;OFFICIAL&rsquo; &mdash; IT WAS ANYTHING BUT THAT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sutton said his &ldquo;victory represents a unified voice calling for positive change across our diverse district.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am eager to get to work ensuring our constituencies&rsquo; pressing issues are solved,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;From tackling antisemitism to expanding economic development to improving public safety, I&rsquo;m looking forward to working with my future colleagues in the Senate to advocate for the people of South Brooklyn, and all New Yorkers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2075382\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2075382\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Sam Sutton wins New York Senate special election in Trump district<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2437599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Voting-booth-vote-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4912,55672,37103,36798,32076],"class_list":["post-2437598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrat","tag-new-york-state-senate","tag-special-election","tag-trump-district","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Voting-booth-vote-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2437598"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2437602,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437598\/revisions\/2437602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2437599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2437598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2437598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2437598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}