“Democrats’ hopes of flipping Representative Elise Stefanik’s seat in New York were dealt a serious blow on Friday, when a Republican state assemblyman bowed to President Trump’s wishes and dropped his plans to run on the Conservative line against a Trump-endorsed candidate,” the New York Times reports.“The assemblyman, Robert Smullen, said that he met with the president at the Oval Office, where Mr. Trump spoke of the importance of uniting Republicans and Conservatives before the midterm elections.”