right to choose. early this morning, i spoke to the communications director for the campaign, she told me they did notice a surge in energy in the district as of late. she said, though, heading into the final days of the campaign, they still felt somewhat cautiously optimistic, but she said in the end, what they were putting forth really resonated with voters. last night ryan was speaking to those who came out to support him, saying that the campaign was about securing fundamental rights. when the supreme court ripped away reproductive freedoms, access to abortion rights, we said this is not what america stands for. reporter: so, again, big surprise there, the 19th, not so much of a surprise what happened here in the 12th district, where jerry nadler came out on top, handily beating carolyn maloney
in candidates heading into november. pat ryan with yard side like this one that says choices on the ballot. like i said, there is a time to get into tonight. maybe even steve kornacki is getting the first results from new york. my friend. alex, yes, we re getting the quickly here. in that special, action we have a ton right now in the 12th district. each in the house for 30 years. both elected in 1992. pitted against each other. you can see with a lot of votes a 2 to 1 advantage here for maloney. we re looking at nearly 30,000
down a ballot measure that would have allowed the state to ban abortion. as athena jones reports, democrats believe this is further proof that the supreme court s decision to overturn roe v. wade is shaping up to be a powerful motivator for their base and perhaps winning over some wavering republicans. we have to keep fighting. abortion rights taking center stage in a special election in upstate new york. democrat pat ryan won in this swing district after billing the race as a referendum on roe v. wade, after the supreme court decision ending the right to a constitutional abortion. they re too extreme on women s rights. ryan s victory offering an encouraging sign for democrats hoping to use the battle over abortion rights to motivate voters in november. we got in this race because the foundations of our democracy were and remain under direct threat. in new york city, democrat jerry nadler s primary win in the newly drawn 12th district
race as a referendum on roe v. wade ending abortion. ryan s victory offering an encouraging sign for democrats hoping to motivate voters in november. we got in this race because the foundations of our democracy were and remain under direct threat. in new york city democrat jerry nadler s primary win in the newly drawn 12th district spelled an end to the congressional career of his fellow 15-term representative carolyn maloney. the longtime allies forced to compete when a messy redistricting process combined their districts. carolyn maloney and i have spent much of our adult lives working together for new york and our nation. i speak for everyone tonight when i thank her for her decades of service to our city.
yuh-line niou, both calling him a conservative democrat, saying he s too conservative for the district. guys, back to you. jason, big day. thank you. let s talk about all of this with errol louis and cnn political analyst seung minh kim. it is so fascinating to see jerry nadler and carolyn maloney 30 years in congress each facing off like this. what are the issues in the race? they are align the on a lot. they re aligned on quite a lot, poppy. good morning. the reality is if you go back even over a 30-year period, they re closely aligned on many issues. there are a couple, but even those are in the past. the patriot act, they voted differently, iran nuclear deal, they came out on different sides. but think about how long ago those votes were. and so to the extent there are