Amid a presidential loss and hand-wringing over the wreckage, congressional gains for Democrats in New York state are one of the small bright spots shining out from the party’s bleak results.The Democratic Party lost five competitive House races in this blue state two years ago — the exact margin by which they lost the House majority.

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.

The rightward shift in the presidential election results was especially pronounced among Asian voters and Hispanic voters in Queens and the Bronx.