New York is key to Democrats’ chances of winning back the House of Representatives, and Tuesday’s Democratic congressional primaries will set up some of those pivotal races.
While the Democratic primary in New York‘s 16th Congressional District, where Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) is fighting for his political life against Westchester County Executive George Latimer, two other primaries will determine who will face two vulnerable Republicans in November.
In New York’s 1st Congressional District, Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) will face the winner of Tuesday’s Democratic primary between John Avlon and Nancy Goroff.
Avlon, a former anchor at CNN, has the backing of Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Dan Goldman (D-NY), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). Goroff was the district’s Democratic nominee in 2020 and has been endorsed by Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) and EMILYs List.
The state’s 1st Congressional District has a partisan voting index of Republican +4, according to the Cook Political Report, and the outlet has rated the race as “likely Republican.”
Another key primary contest is in New York’s 22nd Congressional District, where Rep. Brandon Williams (R-NY) will be on the ballot against either Sarah Klee Hood or John Mannion.
Klee Hood ran for the seat in 2022 but came in second place in the Democratic primary. She is endorsed by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Reps. Frankel, Pat Ryan (D-NY), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), among others. Mannion, a New York state senator, is endorsed by Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-NY), along with more than two dozen of his fellow state senators.
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The seat was one of the few adjusted in New York this year after a court ordered the state’s congressional map to be redrawn. The Cook Political Report rates the district as “lean Democratic” and gives it a partisan voting index of Democratic +3.
Other New York seats held by Republicans listed as vulnerable by the Cook Political Report include the state’s 4th, 17th, and 19th districts, which are held by Reps. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY), Mike Lawler (R-NY), and Marc Molinaro (R-NY), respectively. All three of those districts already have Democratic nominees set to challenge the incumbents.