fresh election results in this morning and some hints of democratic optimism. i m john berman. brianna is off, cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins here in morning. a lot to see in these races from last night. it really s when you look closely again, hints, which was, scents. everyone is wanting to pick up on those to know what to say come november. there were some big names on the ballots in several states but it s the special elections in new york that could point to national trends. cnn projects that democrat pat ryan will win the battleground 19th district, this is a district that joe biden narrowly carried in 2020 and that republicans really had hopes of flipping. democrats worked to make abortion rights the central issue in this race, much more on this in just a moment. also here in new york powerful committee chair jerry nadler defeat carolyn maloney which illustrated redistricting struggles for democrats. in florida val demings the former po
challenge of taking on desantis in the fall. and the florida senate race now has its final match-up. val demings is facing off against marco rubio. a race the gop believe has it can win easily. but also where democrats have been widely outspending republicans and think that they have a chance to flip the state blue. also big night in new york, two powerful democrats capping off a highly competitive race. cnn projects jerry nadler will unseat carolyn maloney. redistricts forced them into the same districts with the nastier primary races of the year. and pat ryan beating the republican in a swing district. and so let s bring in cnn political analyst jackie kucinich, washington bureau chief for t the daily beast. so much to talk about. so jackie, in florida democrat charlie crist won his primary and will face off with governor desantis in november. crist is a former governor of course and former republican. is his past experience and name recognition enough to knock off the
this hour. right now election battles are underway in two of the biggest states. these are really important primaries happening today in new york and in florida. they are out voting. reporters are fanned out in each of those states. bryan llenas is here in new york city. phil keating is on board in florida this afternoon in the sunshine state. brian, what s going on in new york? martha, good afternoon. all eyes are on new york s we drawn 12th congressional district which pits two democratic leaders against one another and what has been a personal and nasty clash between once friends. representative carolyn maloney going against jerry nadler. now, maloney has questioned whether sadler is senile. maloney says she s the female candidate needed to protect abortion rights. nadler has called her gullible and cowardly for voting for the iraq war and patriot act. i m the principled progressive. i cast hard votes, unpopular votes that have proven right like voting against the war
the most attention for critical elections that could reshape some of the most powerful roles in congress. hello, everyone. sandra smith in new york. john, hello to you. john: sandra, great to see on this tuesday. i m john roberts, this is america reports. maloney and time to an end. new york democrats facing off in the newly redrawn 12th congressional district. one of the most hostile races of the year, with maloney questioning nadler s capacity to serve another term. sandra: and john, in florida, matt gaetz goes up against two challenges in another test of the former president s influence. and marco rubio will see who he will face in november. john: and aishah hasnie is in clearwater, florida. sandra: bryan in new york city, 17th congressional district received the attention of democratic party superstars. yes, good afternoon, it has. the one hand, representative alexandria ocasio-cortez endorsing the progressive candidate, state senator alexandria biagi, an