president obama who ran on the platform of generational change. and new york s 17th district, democratic congressman sean patrick maloney beat back a fierce primary challenge from progressive state senator biaggi by roughly two to one margin. in the state s 10th district, race is still too close to call among a crowded field of democratic primary candidates there. and democrat pat ryan has won the hotly-contested special election in new york s 19th bell weather district defeating republican mark molinaro. underscoring the power of democratic messaging of abortion. also a big primary day in florida. congressman and florida former florida governor charlie crist claimed victory in the
ratify the equal rights amendment and put women in the constitution. please send me back to finish the job! i think it is probably about my voting record more than anything else. people understand that i took principled progressive votes. they think everything is just fine in washington. and they think they re being effective at fighting republicanism. reporter: competitive race there, and another one to keep an eye on, guys, is new york s 10th district, that makes up places like soho and much of brooklyn, a crowded field, the man to beat there is a man by the name of dan goldman, a former federal prosecutor, one of the prosecutors during trump s first impeachment. he s heir to the levi strauss fortune. he spent money of his own money on his campaign. millions of dollars of his own money. two of the progressive candidates in that race basically saying he s not the right man for the job. you have mondaire jones and
ratify the equal rights amendment and put women in the constitution. please send me back to finish the job. i think it s probably about my voting record more than anything else. i mean, people understand that i took principled progressive votes. reporter: nadler gaining the key endorsement from senate majority leader chuck schumer, nadler and maloney who are both in their 70s are facing off against 38-year-old sarag patel, who has called for generational change, citing his competitors decades in congress. they think everything is just fine in washington, and they think they re being effective at fighting republicanism. in new york s 10th district, a chaotic primary contest centering around the ideological differences of the candidates, it appears the man with momentum is dan goldman, a former federal prosecutor during the first trump impeachment. he earned an endorsement from the new york times. he s running against progressive
way into the 10th district. they re basically calling him a conservative democrat, saying he is not progressive again for that district. so, very interesting to see what is happening in the 10th district. again, another district that has been redrawn, again forcing a lot of democrats to scramble and find their ideological sort of putting there. redrawn recently, just in the spring. that s new york. leyla, let s go to you in florida where charlie crist is vying for governor as a democrat. he is up against nikki fried. where does this race stand? well, i ll tell you about the conversation i just had with three registered democrats that just finished voting here at this polling site here in st. petersburg. all three of them told me they were voting for charlie crist because of name recognition. they know him. not too surprising given he grew up here. but if you are the crist
whose strength who is in diverse, young support and making a change in the leadership. jason, this is not the only race happening in new york today. to be fair, these candidates are a bit younger, these other candidates. right. you are talking about the 10th district, of course, another district that has been redrawn which takes up parts of soho and parts of brooklyn as well. the man to beat in that race i think a lot of folks would say, bianna, is dan goldman. remember, he s the former federal prosecutor who prosecuted trump under the first impeachment trial. he s an heir to the levi straws fortune. he has spent millions on his campaign and you have, again, more of the progressive side of the wing of the party, two can dads, mondaire jones and assembly woman yuh-line niou who say he is not progressive enough for the district. he is spending his own money, sure, but basically they re saying he is trying to buy his