Democrats had hoped this would be the month a takeover of the state Senate was possible.

After all, the ingredients were there: The eight-member Independent Democratic Conference has dissolved, with its lawmakers rejoining the Democratic conference, uniting the factions in the chamber. Then, on Tuesday, the party retained two seats in special elections to fill vacancies in the Bronx and Westchester County, giving them 32 enrolled members in the chamber.

But it wasn’t to be. Sen. Simcha Felder, a registered Democrat, will continue to conference with Republicans, at least for now.

“I’m hoping that he may reconsider, but whatever happens, we’re willing to work with it,” said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins in an interview.

Stewart-Cousins, who would become the first woman to lead a legislative majority in Albany, was confident the coalition built to push for a Democratic takeover in her chamber — including the former IDC, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Working Families Party — will be able to hold together on that one shared goal.

“Not only do I believe it will hold together until November, it will hold together until after November as well,” she said.

Stewart-Cousins had spoken with Felder to urge him to switch to the other side of the aisle in the Senate.

“I’m hoping that he may reconsider, but whatever happens, we’re willing to work with it,” she said.

For Republicans, who are keeping their last toehold of statewide power with Felder’s help, his decision to stay put is an obviously welcome well, even as they brace for a potential Democratic wave year.

“He’s a man of integrity and to my mind he came up with the right decision and everything will play out in November because everyone is up for re-election at that time,” said Sen. John DeFrancisco, a Republican from Syracuse.

Democrats are banking on a fervent anti-Donald Trump sentiment to carry their candidates running up and down the ballot into office, hoping marginal districts for Republicans will be in play.

“I think people are really starting to understanding, particularly what’s happening with the federal government, why it’s important to have Democrats in office,” said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, though, continued to apply some public pressure on Felder, issuing a letter to the lawmaker and predicting not much may get accomplished in the Senate without Democrats in charge.

“If you don’t a change in the leadership, I don’t see anything significant happening,” he said at a news conference. “Everything we could possibly get done, we got done when we passed the budget.”

Cuomo faces his own political test this summer with a primary challenge from actress and education advocate Cynthia Nixon on his left flank. Liberal activists have blamed Cuomo for the arrangement in the Senate that led Republicans to retain power.

Cuomo this month worked to broker the IDC-mainline Democratic truce in the Senate and campaigned for Democratic Senate candidate Shelley Mayer in Westchester County.

“He has created this climate and it’s not surprising that we’re in the situation we’re in with Simcha Felder right now,” Nixon said during a stop in Buffalo.

As for Felder, he continues to publicly hedge, with the focus staying on him and the Senate on a knife’s edge.

Asked Wednesday if he’s apt to change his mind, Felder said, “I never say never.”