With this year's race came a thawing of Nadler and Maloney's nearly three-decade relationship as House colleagues, having both taken office in 1993. Nadler heads into the race with 43 percent support, compared to Maloney at 29 percent and Patel with a 14-percent share, according to a recent Emerson College Polling-Pix11-The Hill survey. They're also being challenged by progressive attorney Suraj Patel, whose calls for a new generation of leaders saw him come within a few thousand votes of unseating Maloney in the 2020 primary. Carolyn Maloney, who has been endorsed by several women's groups He's up against former ally and House Oversight Chair Rep. Polls showed the two locked in a close race, but Nadler eked out a sizable lead recently after clinching key endorsements from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a fellow New Yorker, and the New York Times. Jerrold Nadler against Oversight Chair Rep.
House Democrats are guaranteed to lose at least one committee chairperson on Tuesday night, with the race for the newly redrawn 12th District pitting longtime Judiciary Chair Rep. Longtime allies clash in bitter race for New York's 12th District Polls in New York and Florida close at 9pm and 7pm Eastern Time, respectively.īelow is a round-up of tonight's significant races: He secured Donald Trump's endorsement in the 11th hour despite being one of the ex-president's most consistent and vocal allies in Congress. Matt Gaetz, who is under a federal investigation into sex trafficking an underaged girl, is likely to win his primary race in Florida's 1st Congressional District. One special election to fill an empty seat in the House, taking place several hours north of New York City, is being watched as a potential bellwether for the November midterms.Īt least one member of the Big Apple's Congressional delegation is likely seeing their political career end tonight.Īnd in Florida, Democrats are choosing how progressive of a candidate they'll want to put up against the state's popular Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, later this year. The Empire State is losing one seat in the House of Representatives next year thanks to newly-redrawn district lines based on the latest census. The election cycle has so far largely been watched as a test of Donald Trump's enduring influence on the GOP.īut this Tuesday evening, all eyes will be on key races in New York and Florida that will have potentially seismic effects on the Democratic Party. The final primary election day of August is seeing voters head to the polls in New York, Florida and Oklahoma on Tuesday. Oklahoma will see a Republican primary runoff between two candidates who have declared their support for Trump, though he hasn't endorsed either oneīy Elizabeth Elkind, Politics Reporter For Dailymail.Com.
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