Midterm elections Archives

Midterm elections could hinge on four Long Island congressional races

Benjamin AmsterElection Day 2022 NewsOctober 23, 2022October 27, 2022

Long Island’s four highly competitive congressional races are drawing considerable attention from both parties. Two districts on Long Island are favoring Republicans by just three points, and the other two districts are favoring Democrats by just two and five points.

Voting access needs to be improved across the U.S.

Jennifer OjilereElection Day 2022 OpinionsOctober 23, 2022October 27, 2022

#OPINION: Some states continue to suppress voters with restrictive bills limiting access to mail and absentee voting. Since every American experiences the voting process differently, not every single law works for everyone. At the same time, there are ways to improve voting access across the United States.

Senate candidates in 2022 midterm elections

Nithilan RajmohanElection Day 2022 News Student LifeOctober 19, 2022October 23, 2022

Voters in New York will elect one senator this year, as Kirsten Gillibrand is not up for reelection. The candidates are incumbent four-term Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer and Republican Joe Pinion.

House candidates in 2022 midterm elections

Nithilan RajmohanElection Day 2022 News Student LifeOctober 19, 2022October 23, 2022

The incumbent representative for New York’s 1st District, Republican Lee Zeldin, is currently running for governor of New York. This leaves the seat open for two new candidates: Democratic nominee Bridget Fleming and Republican nominee Nick LaLota.

Ranked choice voting can solve the two-party system’s issues

Sara McGiffElection Day 2022 OpinionsOctober 16, 2022October 27, 2022

#OPINION: For a capitalist country that promotes choice in its consumers, the lack of choice in our nation’s representatives should be causing outrage across the aisle. New York stands to benefit from an alternative political system called ranked-choice voting (RCV), which can offer solutions to the state’s problems.

“Every vote really does count.” Young voters feel a push to the polls in 2020

Steven KeehnerElection 2020 News Special IssuesNovember 1, 2020November 4, 2020

Both Harvard Polls and what has already been observed in early voter turnout data show that decades of attempts to get young people to “rock the vote” may have finally paid off.

Voting is a privilege — just do it

Mike AdamsOpinionsNovember 4, 2018November 4, 2018

Vote to make yourself heard over an army of people trying to shut down the conversation.

Young voter turnout is no laughing matter

Joseph KonigOpinionsOctober 31, 2014October 30, 2014

Midterm elections in several states are coming up within the next weeks, but the interest and participation among millennials, including Stony Brook students, appears to be unnecessarily low.

Congressional candidates voice positions in debate at Staller Center

Kelly ZegersNews Top StoryOctober 29, 2014October 30, 2014

Rep. Tim Bishop and his challenger, New York State Sen. Lee Zeldin, gave voters a chance to hear their positions on key issues of the midterm elections at the Staller Center on Monday, Oct. 27.

President Bill Clinton speaks at university in support of Tim Bishop

Kelly ZegersFeatured News Top StoryOctober 23, 2014October 23, 2014

President Bill Clinton encouraged Stony Brook University students to vote and spoke on behalf of the Tim Bishop congressional re-election campaign on Wednesday, Oct. 22.