One of the most eventful primaries New York has ever witnessed in vivid memory moves into the hands of voters on Tuesday. The results could shake the foundations of power in Washington.
The Man Democrats Choose to Defend Their House Majority facing a spirited left-wing challenger. A pair of giant committee chairs from Manhattan are in the process of colliding. New Yorkers will decide not one, but two special elections. And in Western New York, the state’s GOP president is trying to stop a frontrunner who once appreciated Hitler.
Much of that might never have happened if New York’s courts hadn’t suddenly intervened this spring. accept the biennial redistricting processruled that Democrats had unconstitutionally tried to tilt the map in their favor. The ultimate map attracted many longtime incumbents to the same seat.
The New York Times has been covering the campaigns for months. Below is a summary of key aspects of Tuesday’s vote.
The race for New York’s 10th District is still a showdown between Daniel Goldman, the impeachment prosecutor who pumped more than 4 million dollars his property into the race; Representative Mondaire Jones, who moved to Brooklyn in the race from his current seat; and rising stars, Yuh-Line Niou, a state congresswoman, and Carlina Rivera, a Manhattan councilwoman.
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Democrats are drawn in another internal controversy in the northern suburbs of New York City, only this leaves the man of the House Democrats tasked with defending their narrow majority, Representative Sean Patrick Maloney, against a powerful throne. rising star of the left, State Senator Alessandra Biaggi.
Miss Biaggi jumped into the race for the new District 17 at the urging of others progressives angry with Mr. Maloney, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Advocacy Committee, for abruptly moving counties this spring and effectively removing Mr. Jones. With Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her side and Democrats lining up behind the more moderate Mr. Maloney, the race has become a major national representative war with implications for Democratic leadership in Washington.
The winner will most likely face Mike Lawler, a Republican congressman, in a competitive general election.
A special election will test abortion politics
Right on the Hudson River, a pair of county executives are running in a special election in New York’s current 19th District could provide an important test case about whether the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade case will change the contours of this fall’s midterm elections. Pat Ryan, a Democrat, made the protection of abortion access a hallmark of his campaign for the swing region. Marc Molinaro, his Republican opponent, has tried to avoid talking about the issue at all costs.
A second race is underway in New York’s Rural South, where Joe Sempolinski, a Republican, is the favorite to win the current 23rd District.
Republican infighting in Western New York
It used to look as if Republicans could avoid the kind of internal conflict that consumed Democrats. But after Representative Chris Jacobs announced in early June that he would be resigning from his seat outside Buffalo (after passing his group on gun control), they entered it.
One side of the contest to redraw District 23 is Carl Paladinoa businessman and former Republican candidate for governor known for his explosive and racist remarks (including calling Adolf Hitler “the kind of leader we need today“). On the other is Nick Langworthy, the New York Republican chairman and one-time Paladino supporter, who alleges that his opponent’s words could jeopardize what should have been an easily won seat. Republican Party.
