NY Dem out of the picture

Nate McMurray, the Democrat who is hanging on to hopes of toppling Rep. Chris Collins in the reddest congressional district in New York, was excluded Wednesday from the traditional photo of new members coming to the House of Representatives.

Collins, under indictment on insider-trading charges, is about 3,000 votes ahead in the Buffalo-area district, but the race hasn’t been called because paper ballots are still being counted.

McMurray (above), like other candidates in similar situations, went to DC for freshman orientation in case he ends up as the winner.

But the GOP, which currently still controls the House, blocked him from participating in the freshman class photo and other events.

“The Republican leadership told me I’m not allowed,” McMurray told The Post.

At least 87 new House members and nine others in undecided races were invited to the orientation, according to the tally provided by the House Administration Committee, which runs the orientation.

While McMurray was barred, fellow Democrat Anthony Brindisi, whose upstate race is also undecided against GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney, was allowed to participate.

Following inquiries by The Post, Courtney Parella, a spokeswoman for the GOP-led House Administration Committee, said McMurray was excluded because he initially conceded.

“Since he rescinded his concession, he will receive an invite which we are extending to him. He was not purposely left off,” she said.