alexandra biaggi is challenging maloney from the left. and don t like he s running in the district we ll see what happens tonight. a few other house races, new york 10th, daniel goldman, a lawyer on the impeachment hearing, he s running on that, is mondaire jones who you just mentioned. yeah, mondaire jones is also running in this district. oh, my gosh, it s like musical chairs. goldman led the majority counsel in trump s first impeachment. progressives fear vote splitting between jones, niou and valrive. we re talking primaries, there are special elections today, harry, these are ones i know you watch very closely. these are ones i watch very closely. in the 19th district. biden won the district 50% to
we have seen the generic ballot and get tighter in the special elections potentially offering us a clue. so we ll be paying attention to this one tonight. and then this is the back drop. these are the other recent special elections and you could draw a line, that supreme court ruling that overturned roe v. wade happened right here. so there was a special election in south texas in the 34th district and this is a very heavily hispanic district here, and you see biden had won it by four. the republican vote won here as opposed to biden. so there was a big swing right there. but then the supreme court decision came out and you could see since then, in the first district of nebraska, trump carried it by 15 and in a special election, the republican carried it but it was only by five points, the first district in minnesota, trump carried it by ten and the republican carried it but only by four points. now we re in this 19th district of new york as i say, joe biden
going to face off against governor ron desantis in november. joining us from the big board is nbc s steve kornacki. steve, tell us what you re watching today. i think the marquee race today is actually not a primary. it s the special election, the 19th congressional district of new york. this is a competitive district politically. obviously we ve been asking that question in the last couple weeks and months. has there been a shift in the midterm climate in the democrats favor in the wake of the supreme court decision overturning roe versus wade. the 19th district in new york, hudson valley, out to the cat skills and look at how the district has noted in presidential elections, went for biden barely in 2020 by two points. go back to 2016, it went for trump by seven, so it was a trump, biden district in a normal midterm climate it favors the out-of-power peat. this looks like a good setup for
will the issue of abortion galvanize people to the polls to stem the tide of a red wave come november? the veteran and democratic candidate pat ryan is betting on it in new york s 19th district. he based his campaign on abortion vowing to protect and codify abortion rights. his opponent, a county executive have made the race a referendum on president biden. inflation and crime. to see that millions have had for 50 years ripped away has really been concerning and something that we have to stand up. i feel is important that we re very clear on. single party rule in washington democrats in control of every lever of government has resulted in the highest inflation in 40 years. corrupted government and abuses at every level. the race for new york s 19th
campaign committee chairman is facing a challenge. i think going into the day, he is definitely the favorite. if you ask anyone up in new york or if you ask most people in new york, it looks like he can hold on. i had a very real challenge he had to navigate while trying to direct the house campaign committees, democrat is house campaign commit s overall strategy so that is really juggling multiple balls at once. another key race in new york, and that is the special election in the 19th district. you say this is probably the best test of the political environment after the supreme court s ruling restricting abortion rights. tell us about what race and why it is so, it has so much impact on the roe v. wade debate. yes, so what makes this race interesting, it is a general election, right? it is not just a primary. it is not just democrats and republicans voting. it is everybody voting. unlike most special elections we ve seen sin that dobbs decision, this one is taking place in a dis