US primaries: Close races in New York as election delay gives more prep time

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Jerrold Nadler beat Carolyn Maloney for the Democrat run for New York's 12th Congressional District
For the 17th Congressional District run, Democrat Patrick Maloney beat Alessandra Biaggi
Democrats Daniel Goldman and Yuh-Line Niou continue to battle it out for the 10th Congressional district

Written By:Rwit

Updated: August 23 2022 06:58:13 PM ET New York, NY, USA

With the New York primaries over and Democratic governor Kathy Hochul seeking her first full term after Andrew Cuomo resigned in August 2021. She is set to go up against the Republican candidate Representative Lee Zeldin.

Despite the primaries in the Empire State being delayed from June 28 to August 23, the increased time to the election meant that candidates in key races would spend more time prepping. Key races in the state included the two special elections for House District 19 and 23. Other important races were for New York’s 10th, 12th and 17th Congressional house districts.

Democrat Pat Ryan and Republican Marc Molinaro went head to head for the chance to lead the 19th Congressional district of New York. In a close race for the seat, Ryan won out, winning 51.1% of the votes to Molinaro’s 48.9%.

For the New York’s 23rd Congressional district seat, Republican Joe Sempolinski went up against Democrat Max Della Pia. In yet another close race, Sempolinski won with 53.2% of the vote, to Della Pia’s 46.7%.

In New York’s 12th Congressional district, Jerrold Nadler (55.4%) beat Carolyn Maloney (24.4%) in the Democrat primaries. For the November 8 midterm elections, Nadler will be facing Republican Mike Zumbluskas.

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For the Democrat primary in the 17th Congressional district, Sean Patrick Maloney went up against Alessandra Biaggi. He beat her handily, winning 66.5% of the vote to Biaggi’s 32.9%.

The Democrat race for the 10th Congressional district is still on-going with both Daniel Goldman and Yuh-Line Niou nearly neck and neck at the polls. Whoever wins will go up against Republican Benine Hamdan in the midterm elections.

Below is a list of the candidates that will be going head to head in the midterms on November 8.

1st Congressional District: (D) Bridget Fleming vs (R) Nicholas LaLota

2nd Congressional District: (D) Jackie Gordon vs (R) Andrew Garbarino

3rd Congressional District: (D) Robert Zimmerman vs (R) George Devolder-Santos

4th Congressional District: (D) Laura Gillen vs (R) Anthony D’Esposito

5th Congressional District: (D) Gregory Meeks vs (R) Paul King

6th Congressional District: (D) Grace Meng vs (R) Thomas Zmich

7th Congressional District: (D) Nydia Velazquez vs (R) Juan Pagan

8th Congressional District: (D) Hakeem Jeffries vs (R) Yuri Dashevsky

9th Congressional District: (D) Yvette D.Clarke vs (R) Menachem Raitport

11th Congressional District: (D) Max Rose vs (R) Nicole Malliotakis

12th Congressional District: (D) Jerrold Nadler vs (R) Mike Zumbluskas