Morning Digest: New York Democrats land candidate for key House seat, but they hope map will change

_{The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from Daniel Donner, David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert and David Beard.}

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● NY-22: Air Force veteran Sarah Klee Hood on Thursday announced that she’s challenging freshman Republican Rep. Brandon Williams in New York’s 22nd District, a constituency in the Syracuse and Utica areas that Joe Biden took 53-45 but where Democrats have long struggled down the ballot. However, there’s an increasing chance that New York will have a new congressional map next year, which could see the district turn bluer.