Democrat John Mannion is projected to unseat freshman Republican Rep. Brandon Williams, flipping a battleground Upstate New York congressional district to the Democrats. Mannion carried 53% of the vote to Williams’ 46% in the closely watched race,

But Williams lost to Democrat John Mannion by an even greater margin than accounted for by redistricting. He lost by nearly 28,000 votes. In 2022, Williams beat Democrat Francis Conole by about 1,200 votes, less than 1% of the total.

John Mannion won the District 22 Central New York House seat from incumbent Republican Rep. Brandon Williams on Tuesday, winning the race with most ballots counted by about 23,000 votes, according to the Associated Press. The outcome came as a relief for ...