Primary elections: Nadler, Maloney go head-to-head in New York; Dems fight to run against DeSantis
And Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the head of the party’s House campaign arm, battles progressive challenger Alessandra Biaggi for New York’s 17th Congressional District.
Democrats in Florida will decide which candidate will take on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. They’ll also select Republican Sen. Marco Rubio’s challenger Tuesday night, with Rep. Val Demings the likely favorite to prevail.
Trump loyalists vie for GOP Senate nod in Oklahoma runoff
Two loyalists of former President Donald Trump who both have embraced his false claim that he won the 2020 election face off Tuesday in a contest that will likely decide Oklahoma’s next U.S. senator.
county executives are competing to see who gets to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives in New York’s 19th Congressional District until the end of the year.
The special election taking place Tuesday pits Republican Marc Molinaro, the Dutchess County executive, against his Ulster County counterpart, Democrat Pat Ryan.
The two hope to succeed former U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, who vacated the seat earlier this year to become lieutenant governor.
The current 19th District, which will be realigned for the regular election in November to reflect U.S. Census numbers, includes parts of Broome, Dutchess, Montgomery and Rensselaer counties, and all of Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties.
– Jeff Murray, Binghamton Press Sun-Bulletin
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has made headlines lately for old Facebook comments he made in which he wrote gay people are “worthy of death” and “we would be totally in the right” to stone them.
He has defended the comments that he made in 2013, which surfaced when he unsuccessfully ran for a different House seat in 2014.
When contacted this week, Esk complained about a 2014 article about him in The Oklahoman that he called a “hit piece,” although he did not elaborate on the content of the story. Esk declined an interview about his campaign and directed The Oklahoman to videos he posted on his YouTube page.
– Carmen Formen, The Oklahoman
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has drawn criticism from multiple Democrats for buying attack ads in the Michigan Republican primary this year. The ads spotlighted a contender who denied the 2020 election results.
Maloney’s opponent, state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, has blasted the strategy as out-of-touch for that and other reasons.
“Just weeks ago Sean Patrick Maloney asked for DCCC donations to protect Roe — and then used the money to prop up an anti-choice election denier in Michigan,” Biaggi said in an Aug. 16 tweet.
“Voters are tired of DC politicians demanding donations and lying about where the money will go.”
For this part, Maloney defended the game plan on ‘Meet The Press’ this past Sunday, saying how his “job is to win elections” for the party and that in the Michigan GOP primary the “weaker candidate” won giving Democrats a chance to pick up a seat this fall.
– Phillip M. Bailey
Who is Biaggi?:Alessandra Biaggi wants to win NY’s 17th District seat and has AOC’s backing. Who is she?
Who is NY Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney? He’s got support of Bill Clinton, Pelosi