Democrats’ road to a House majority could have run through New York, but with freshman GOP Rep. John Katko expanding his lead in the 24th District, picking up a handful of seats in the Empire State looks harder.

Katko led Democrat Colleen Deacon by 23 points, 54 percent to 31 percent, in a Time Warner Cable News/Siena College poll released Thursday. That’s a jump from the 19-point lead the GOP congressman held three weeks ago.

Meanwhile, Democrat Hillary Clinton led Donald Trump by 10 points in the presidential race in the district, 44 percent to 34 percent. The 24th is a Democratic district that President Barack Obama twice carried by double digits. The fundamentals of the district earned Katko an early spot on Roll Call’s list of the top 10 most vulnerable incumbents.

But his strength in the district moved him off the list this month. Katko had refused to back Trump throughout the summer and fall. After the release of a 2005 tape in which Trump bragged about groping and kissing women, Katko called on the GOP nominee to step aside, saying he would not vote for him.

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