Election Results in Key New York Races

Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll look at how key races in New York turned out. We’ll also find out about a “vigil for the healing of the world” that the Episcopal bishop of New York will lead tonight.

John Mannion.Credit…Matt Moyer for The New York Times

On a troubling election night for Democrats, they found a bright spot in central New York, where they flipped the first House seat in the country.

State Senator John Mannion beat the incumbent, Representative Brandon Williams, in a district that includes Syracuse and Utica, according to The Associated Press.

Williams, a Republican, had been widely considered the most vulnerable congressman in the nation after redistricting added more Democrats to the district. Mannion is a former high school biology teacher who won a State Senate seat four years ago. Campaigning against Williams, Mannion played up his success in persuading state officials to go along with tax breaks that tipped Micron’s decision to build a giant semiconductor manufacturing complex near Syracuse.

Democrats also won in a closely watched race in the Hudson Valley, where Representative Pat Ryan, a moderate who had been a top national target for Republicans, won a second full term, according to The A.P. He defeated Alison Esposito, a conservative former New York City police commander and candidate for lieutenant governor. Republicans had hoped she would draw Democrats away from Ryan, but he dominated in fund-raising and fended off attacks about immigration and crime.