State Senator Jeff Klein and Mayor Bill de Blasio in the Bronx.

What Next for the State Senate?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 7, 2014

New York State Governo Andrew Cuomo has said that Republicans won big in the State Senate elections because voters were reacting to the big trend towards the GOP in national politics. Progressives in the state say he didn't do enough to support Democrats in the lead up to the race. Laura Nahmias, who reports on politics for Capital's Albany bureau, previews the new political landscape in the state senate and what it will mean for policy.

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