Tuesday 23 August 2022 12:31 PM New York Democrats Jerry Nadler, Carolyn Maloney face off in bitter primary race trends now

Tuesday 23 August 2022 12:31 PM New York Democrats Jerry Nadler, Carolyn Maloney face off in bitter primary race trends now
Tuesday 23 August 2022 12:31 PM New York Democrats Jerry Nadler, Carolyn Maloney face off in bitter primary race trends now

Tuesday 23 August 2022 12:31 PM New York Democrats Jerry Nadler, Carolyn Maloney face off in bitter primary race trends now

Senior Democrats go to war in New York: Maloney, 76, and Nadler, 75, battle in crucial primary to get on their party's ticket for the midterms after decades in Congress, attacks on mental fitness - and their challenger calling for a 'younger generation' The Democratic primary for New York's 12th Congressional District will see voters end the political career of at least one longtime House Democrat The state's newly-redrawn district map pits House Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney against House Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler Young progressive attorney Suraj Patel rounds out the three-way race Nadler has eked out a small lead after receiving key endorsements from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the New York Times Maloney suggested Nadler could be senile in comments to media on Sunday Nadler has knocked Maloney for her past support for the Afghanistan war  In the neighboring 10th District, Rep. Mondaire Jones is facing off against House Democrats' lead impeachment counsel Dan Goldman

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Manhattan voters are going to the polls on Tuesday for an election that will end the political career of at least one longtime Democrat in the House of Representatives.

New York is holding statewide primaries, but the fight for its 12th Congressional District is shaping up to be the most consequential election for Empire State Democrats in decades.

A newly-redrawn Congressional map has pitted House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler against Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who chairs the Oversight Committee.

Also vying for the seat is progressive attorney Suraj Patel, who came within a few thousand votes of beating Maloney in the 2020 Democratic primary and has consistently called for a new generation of leadership in Congress.

Another incumbent Democrat, Rep. Mondaire Jones, is fending off a crowded field of primary challengers in the newly-redrawn 10th Congressional District.

That race is being led by Dan Goldman, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune who served as lead counsel in Democrats’ first impeachment of Donald Trump.

Goldman has pumped $2 million of his own money into the race, far outspending his competitors. It’s prompted candidates like Jones and New York State Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou to speak

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