Candidates race to run for reconfigured seats following new district maps

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Candidates are streaming in and out of congressional and state races now that New York has adopted new political district maps.

Democratic state lawmakers last month aggressively redrew state and congressional boundaries to favor their party, including reconfiguring three congressional districts won by Donald Trump in 2020. Gov. Kathy Hochul approved the new lines on Feb. 3.