{"id":87,"date":"2026-05-28T04:20:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=87"},"modified":"2026-05-28T04:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:20:05","slug":"the-2026-state-legislative-primary-races-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=87","title":{"rendered":"The 2026 state legislative primary races to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>With hotly contested midterm elections at the congressional level and a testy Democratic state comptroller contest, there\u2019s already plenty to talk about ahead of next month\u2019s primary elections. But in the ongoing game of musical chairs that is New York politics, there\u2019s also no shortage of competitive state legislative races this primary season. While that\u2019s in part due to retirements and incumbents looking to move up the ladder, it\u2019s also due to the upcoming enforcement of a cap on legislators\u2019 outside income, leading some to prepare to leave public office in favor of hanging on to their side hustles.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=83\">Opinion: As we expand childcare, let\u2019s ensure children with allergies are protected<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s sure to be an unmistakable changing of the guard in Albany come January, but less certain is what that will look like. Many of these races are in New York City, but there are plenty throughout the state too. While some races pit establishment Democrats against the left, others pit the left against the far left. And affordability will continue to be a major theme across the board. Here are the 2026 state legislative primary races to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=81\">Editor\u2019s note: Celebrating press freedom at the LCA Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 Sophie Krichevsky<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York\u2019s most competitive contests in a year of immense turnover<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,3],"tags":[66,7],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-new-york-state-elections","category-new-york-state","tag-2026-new-york-state-elections","tag-new-york-state"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The 2026 state legislative primary races to watch - 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