Alyssa Cass on the 2022 midterms

 Slingshot partner Alyssa Cass spoke to Axios ahead of Election Day 2022 about Republican inroads in New York and what Democrats need to do energize voters in the final stretch:

With a week to go before the midterm elections, some Democratic operatives working on House races are already beginning to assign blame in the event their party loses winnable seats: The culprit, they say, is blue-state governors dragging down the rest of the ballot.

Alyssa Cass, the communications director for Rep. Pat Ryan's (D-N.Y.) campaign, said Hochul, who hails from Buffalo, has done well in upstate districts like Ryan's, but "you can’t take your eye off the ball when it comes to turning out the base in New York City — especially this year."

"Republicans are looking stronger than we’re used to seeing them look in places like New York state and even New York City," Cass said, calling for Hochul to do more to energize base voters there.

Read the full Axios story here.