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Maloney leads Nadler in New York House primary: poll
Maloney leads Nadler in New York House primary: poll
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) is leading fellow New York Democrat, Rep. Jared Nadler, by double digits in the primary to represent the state’s newly drawn 12th congressional district, according to …
thehill.com
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) is leading fellow New York Democrat, Rep. Jared Nadler, by double digits in the primary to represent the state’s newly drawn 12th congressional district, according to a new WPIX/Emerson College/The Hill poll.
Maloney and Nadler are both longtime heavyweights in New York City politics, having represented neighboring districts in Manhattan for decades. But a court-ordered redistricting plan approved last week has pitted the two House Democrats against one another in an incumbent-on-incumbent clash.
The primary is still nearly three months away, but the poll from WPIX, Emerson College and The Hill shows Maloney with an early, 10-point advantage. Thirty-one percent of Democratic primary voters say they plan to cast their ballots for Maloney, while 21 percent are backing Nadler.
Another 36 percent of voters, however, remain undecided, meaning the race could shift toward either candidate in the coming months.
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The court-approved map creates 16 Democratic-leaning seats, six Republican-leaning seats and four highly competitive seats – a major hit for Democrats, whose initial map created 20 Democratic-leaning seats, four Republican-leaning seats and only two highly competitive seats.
Commentary:
As a former resident of NYC, I'm ecstatic about New York redistricting and the Democrat in-fighting that has ensued has been one of the feelgood stories of an otherwise bleak year.
You’d think Nadler might think his time would be better spent staying home with his wife who has pancreatic cancer.
