Upcoming Special Elections Will Reveal Important Trends for 2018, 2020 May 18, 2017 – City & State NY Special elections and elections in Western democracies offer lessons on the underlying dynamics in future general elections here in the United States. Consider the surprise special election victories of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown in January of 2010 for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat and former congresswoman-turned-Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul in the May 2011 election for one of the state's most conservative House districts in Western New York. Read the article here.
