EditorialRepublican congressional nominee Mike Lawler, center, who unseated Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney in the Midterms, chats at an election night party in Pear River, N.Y., Nov. 8, 2022. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialRep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) speaks to the media after winning the re-election, during a watching party in Staten Island, on Nov. 8, 2022. (José A. Alvarado Jr./The New York Times)