State Assembly
All 150 seats in the Assembly were up for election.
Prior to the November 2 elections, the Democratic Party held an enrollment advantage of 107 seats (including two Independence Party of New York members who caucused with the Democrats) to 42 seats over the Republican Party, with one vacancy. As of December 11, 2010, the Republicans had made a net gain of eight seats, with two races still undecided; if the Republican candidate prevails in the lone remaining undecided race, the Republicans will hold 51 seats in the chamber, depriving the Democratic Party of the veto-proof supermajority it has held in the New York State Assembly for the past several years.
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