New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said she believes Democrats can regain a supermajority in this year’s elections, according to Spectrum News 1.
Democrats hold 41 of the Senate’s 63 seats, one short of the two-thirds threshold.
The party lost its supermajority in 2024 when Republican Steve Chan defeated Democratic Sen. Iwen Chu in Brooklyn.
Stewart-Cousins cited her conference’s focus on household costs, including child care, as a reason for her confidence.
Democratic and Republican strategists identified Long Island and parts of upstate New York as potential legislative battlegrounds.
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