the police. trump impeachment lawyer dan goldman in the lead in new york tenth congressional district, he is claiming victory with a one percentage point advantage but the race has not been called. temperature closest challenger julie niou said she won t concede until every absentee vote is counted. then the big race democrat pat ryan has defeated republican mark molinaro in a tight race in new york s 19th district. this was a special election to fill the seat vacated by now lieutenant governor antonio delgado a swing district biden won by two points. political experts viewed this as a litmus test as to whether or not, well, which party has momentum heading into november. molinar 0 made this campaign a referendum on president biden
to see transformation come to them. yes on prop 27, because there s no place like home. new york and florida, let s go right to steve at the big board. steve, what is the latest? again lawrence, we ve been following this drama in this special election for congress in the 19th district of new york. the democrat pat ryan, again we have been expecting these numbers continue to come down. the republican mark molinaro arrow, his numbers continuing
of their debt forgiven. the question and what s i think still debatable is what impact that has longer term on fighting inflation, which we all are dealing with. thank you all. a primary victory in a bellwether district is giving democrats renewed confidence. pat ryan is projected to win new york s 19th district there. at the moment, he s roughly 3,000 votes ahead there in this special election and his campaign pivoted to focus on abortion rights after the roe v. wade decision. let s discuss now with cnn senior political analyst, john avlon, and national politics reporter, eva mccann, and e lis sa farrah griffin, commentator and former white house communications director. how much should democrats extrapolate from the win, a margin broader than president biden had in that district in
elections democrats overperformed in the presidential level by double digits. you could see in the special elections, heading into 2018, where things were going. because democrats across the board were just overperforming so much. you look at, again, what i just showed you there, in terms of the special election that s we ve seen since the supreme court decision, they don t fit that pattern at all. so when democrats start talking about their voters being much more motivated now in the wake of that supreme court decision, the political environment changing, this district here, the 19th district in new york is just a great example. one other thing i could just point to. you see there are two counties here that went blue in this district, it s bolster county and columbia county. they re two big county, olster is the biggest in the district. here s another measure of enthusiasm. the only blue county in this district. in the 2020 presidential
president biden and inflation. republicans outspent democrats but still loss. ryan tweeted after his victory choice was on the ballot. freedom was on the ballot. tonight choice and freedom won. we voted like our democracy was on the line because it is. we up ended everything we thought we knew about politics and did it together. democrats are touting this victory as evidence that the supreme court s decision to overturn roe v. wade has energized democratic voters. there have been four special elections since the abortion decision. democrats have out performed biden s 2020 results in each of the races. trump won nebraska s first district by 15 points in 2020. this year republicans won by just 5. president biden won new york s 19th district by 1 1/2 points in 2020. last night democrats won it this time by 2.2 points and even larger margin. according to the latest fox