Last year, Democrat Liuba Grechen Shirley held longtime GOP Rep. Pete King to a 53-47 win in New York’s 2nd Congressional District in a contest that attracted no major outside spending, and Newsday writes that she’s “made it known she’d like to run again.” There’s no quote from Grechen Shirley, who recently founded a PAC that supports young mothers running for office; Grechen Shirley, the mother of two young children, made history last year when she persuaded the FEC to allow her to use campaign contributions to cover childcare expenses.

Last year wasn’t just King’s closest contest in this competitive central Long Island seat since his 56-44 win during the 2006 blue wave, it was the first time that King had failed to pull off a double-digit victory since his first election all the way back in 1992. King, who is quite conservative by his own admission, has managed to carve out a reputation as a security-obsessed loudmouth who knows when to break with his party and support local interests, and he hasn’t been seriously targeted in a long time. However, that may well change in 2020.

However, Newsday writes that there’s long been speculation that King, who will be 76 on Election Day, will leave office to allow his daughter, Hempstead Town Council member Erin King Sweeney, to run to succeed him. This week, the paper asked King Sweeney if she would consider seeking this seat and she emailed back, “I don’t live in his district -- two blocks out!”

That’s not a no, and Newsday kept pressing by reminding her that congressional candidates don’t need to live in the seat they’re running for. King Sweeney responded, “I just got new zebra and red curtains.” There are easy ways for politicians to make it clear they’re not interested in running for office, but talking about their window decor is not one of them.

The 2nd District, which is home to Babylon and most of Islip, swung from 52-47 Obama to 53-44 Trump, but it lurched back to the left last fall. While Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 60-36 statewide win was very similar to Hillary Clinton’s 59-37 victory, Bloomberg’s Greg Giroux reports that Cuomo carried King’s seat by a 51-47 margin.