Following the release of a poll showing Democratic challenger Dana Balter leading Republican U.S. Rep. John Katko by three points, two national political forecasters now rate the 24th Congressional District race as a toss up. Cook Political Report and Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball shifted their race ratings from lean Republican to toss up on Thursday. […]

Wayne County voters got a chance to meet local Democratic candidates during a pair of events Oct. 3. Beginning in Lyons and continuing later that day in Newark and Palmyra, Dana Balter, who is challenging incumbent John Katko for the 24th District seat in the House of Representatives, Scott Comegys, who is facing incumbent Brian […]

Dana Balter is furious. After President Donald Trump announced that he has directed his administration to stop negotiating a COVID-19 relief package until after the election, Balter, D-Syracuse, pulled no punches when describing the president’s actions. “He is holding hostage the relief that certainly central and western New Yorkers need but Americans across this country […]

An independent poll shows Rep. John Katko trailing for the first time in his three-term tenure. The Siena College/Syracuse.com poll has Democrat Dana Balter narrowly leading 45 to 42 percent over Katko among likely voters in New York’s 24th Congressional District election.

A new Siena College-Syracuse.com poll revealed Democrat Dana Balter has a narrow lead over incumbent Republican John Katko for New York’s 24th Congressional District seat. According to the poll, Balter leads 45% to 42%. In Syracuse specifically, Balter has a larger lead. The poll says she’s leading by about 17 percentage points among voters in […]

U.S. Rep. John Katko is battling for his political survival, locked in a dead heat with Dana Balter in the final weeks of their campaign for Congress, according to a Siena College | Syracuse.com poll released today. Balter, a Syracuse Democrat, leads Katko, R-Camillus, 45-42% among likely voters in the 24th Congressional District, the poll […]

There are more than 1,500 food and beverage businesses, such as restaurants and wineries, in the 24th Congressional District. And without help from the federal government, many of them in central New York and across the country could go out of business. During a virtual press conference Thursday, Democratic congressional candidate Dana Balter and U.S. […]