ALBANY (AP) -- New Yorkers have a chance Tuesday to reshape the state Legislature as in few election cycles before.

All 213 legislative seats are up for grabs. More than two dozen were seats vacated by incumbents or are filled by short-timers who won special elections to fill partial terms.

The unusual amount of retirements coupled with others who took jobs in the Cuomo administration provides a more open field than in most legislative elections.

Assembly Democrats are expected to easily continue their majority in the 150-seat chamber.

The most watched New York contest is the fight for control of the Senate.

Republicans now have a 33-29 majority, the last GOP power base in state politics.

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