Nadler v. Maloney: Two Prominent New York Democrat Incumbents Will Primary Each OtherJacob Bliss 31 May 2022
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, two long-time lawmakers, colleagues, and House committee chairs, are running against each other in the primary after the court-ordered redrawing of congressional district lines combined the East and West Sides of Manhattan into a single district.
The August 23 primary in the Empire State put two of the more prominent far-left lawmakers in the House on a collision course that will likely tear apart the Democrats who pick one of their sides.
Nadler — who earned a lot of attention during the two impeachments of the previous president — told the New York Times that he recently had a “private conversation on the House floor” with Maloney, where he suggested he would win in a head-to-head battle, and suggested she run for a neighboring seat.
“She said basically the opposite, and so it was an impasse,” Nadler told the Times, “and we left it at that.”
Talking to the Times about the two lawmakers having to run against each other, Maloney said, “I’d say it’s sad… It’s sad for the city.”
Acknowledging that the lawmakers have been usually avoiding the infighting that happens in New York and have managed to “coexist more or less peacefully for three decades,” the Times added:
They built parallel political machines and accumulated important committee chairmanships. Along the way, they had become powerful stalwarts — if not political mascots — in their districts: Ms. Maloney, a pathbreaking feminist and the widow of an investment banker, represents an East Side district so wealthy it was once christened the silk- stocking district; Mr. Nadler, a proudly opinionated old-school progressive, holds down the West Side.
But their long truce came to a shattering end last week, when a state court imposed a significant revision on New York’s congressional map. The new lines have roiled Democrats across the state, but perhaps nowhere has the change been more disruptive than Manhattan.
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The primary matchup between Mr. Nadler and Ms. Maloney may be one of the most bruising political spectacles in living memory, a crosstown clash between two respected party elders in the twilight of their careers. And it will play out in one of the most politically influential pockets of the United States — home to financiers, media titans and entertainers, and the source of millions of dollars in campaign donations each election cycle.
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