U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler beat fellow incumbent Rep. Carolyn Maloney in a race that pit the two 30-year congressional veterans against one another for a seat in a redrawn New York district.
Nadler had 56% of the vote with 53% of votes counted as of 9:38 p.m. in New York, according to the Associated Press. Maloney had 24.3% and Suraj Patel had 18.3%, according to the AP, which called the race for Nadler.
The 12th Congressional District matchup on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and Upper East Side featured two powerful committee chairs: Nadler, 75, on the Judiciary Committee and Maloney, 76, on Oversight. Patel is a 38-year-old former aide to President Barack Obama who touted himself as a generational alternative.
