Miguelina Camilo pivots candidacy following latest maps, to challenge Gustavo Rivera in newly drawn Senate District 33

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All in a day. As a convoluted redistricting process came to a close Saturday, Miguelina Camilo went from the Democratic frontrunner in an open race for Senate District 36 to facing a stiff primary against longtime incumbent Gustavo Rivera in the newly drawn District 33.

Just minutes before a mandated Friday night deadline, Steuben County court-appointed special master Jonathan Cervas released final versions of new congressional and state Senate maps, concluding a redistricting process  — a procedure outlined in the Constitution to redraw legislative boundaries every 10 years — that dragged on for months pushing back some primaries deep into August.