andrea stewart-cousins, followed michael gianaris, walk out of a legislative session in the senate chamber at the capitol. | ap photo/mike groll by jimmy vielkind 11/15/16 02:14 pm est albany <u+2014> mainstream democrats in the state senate have re-elected andrea stewart-cousins and mike gianaris to lead their conference. the vote took place on tuesday during a meeting at 250 broadway in new york city. the republican wave that swept donald trump to the presidency also reverberated in new york, but democrats are still hopeful they can pick up at least one of two long island seats where absentee ballots could tip the results. a democrat, john brooks, leads by 33 votes in one of those districts. story continued below <u+201c>i am honored to continue serving as the leader of the senate democrats and thank my colleagues for their continued support,<u+201d> stewart-cousins, of yonkers, said in a press release. <u+201c>with donald trump<u+2019>s election, the need for a strong senate democratic conference which works to protect new yorkers<u+2019> rights and values has never been more vital. that is why we need all democrats in the state senate to work together and stand united.<u+201d> senate republicans re-elected john flanagan as their leader on monday. as votes are counted on long island, both conferences are negotiating with sen. simcha felder of brooklyn as well as the independent democratic conference to form a majority coalition for next year. there are rumors some mainstream democrats could defect to the idc, whose ranks have grown from five to seven over the course of the year. but several likely candidates to do so were listed as speaking up in favor of stewart-cousins in the press release about her re-election. a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york education policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york energy policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york health care policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york real estate policy and politics our morning email with must-read analysis and breaking news on state news and politics a morning email with must-read analysis and breaking news on city news and politics. a weekly round-up of legislation in city council for politics and policy professionals. a reported briefing on money in politics, executive moves, and trends in communications, lobbying and consulting. our twice-a-week digest of news on courts and the law in new york azi paybarah and jimmy vielkind's must-read briefing informing the daily conversation among knowledgeable new yorkers.
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