retains or reclaims the majority in the house and the senate. now, polls just closed moments ago in new york, which is one of three states holding the final primaries of this month. frankly, all eyes are on the race that has pit two of the most powerful democrats in this country against one another. now, how powerful? well, one does chair the house judiciary committee, and the other, the house oversight committee. both have been in congress for three decades, and tonight one of them, or maybe even possibly both of them, could actually lose their seat. so why are they even against each other for the very first time? i ll tell you one word redistricting. but it s not just the map they re up against, and into this mix you can add the long-shot lawyer, seraj patel. politics, especially in washington, d.c. and beyond, has a funny way of turning friends and colleagues into rivals, and that is what s happening here. maloney has allegedly been saying to people privately that nadler
speaking of florida, val demings is somebody you can t pigeon hole if you re trying to undermine her campaign. she s not someone you can say this is someone who s going to be anti-law enforcement. this is someone you can t really pigeon hole, but she s got to run in florida, which obviously there s three major media markets. it s distinct in ways that other states are not. how does she have to run for november? i think she needs to be herself, and i think she needs to focus on florida voters and not become larger than life and make people start putting projections on her that if she wins this race, she could be the first black female president. no, that s not what she s running for. she s running for senate. she has a law enforcement background. she comes from a working-class family. she can relate to black voters, women voters, young people. she can relate to white voters in that state, and she s doing that. that s why when val demings first put her name out there, people thought