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Elissa Slotkin: “Five seats in New York alone was devastating.”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Battle for the Senate: A Conversation with Michigan Candidate & Current Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin

Published | Video Starts at 36:33

I think in terms of flipping the House, our friends in California and New York need to have a real plan. We lost the majority out of those two states. Frankly, Five seats in New York alone was devastating. And we are poised to flip the House. But we need those states to have a real concrete plan in those specific districts. Right. Because all politics is local. (36:33–36:36)

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Asserts that losing five seats in New York was a significant factor in losing the Democratic majority.

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