New York primaries: Nadler beats Maloney in bitter Democratic fight
New York primaries: Nadler beats Maloney in bitter Democratic fight
New York primaries: Nadler beats Maloney in bitter Democratic fight
In an unpleasant end to a bitter New York Democratic primary on Tue
sday,
allies of two powerful House committee chairs traded nasty barbs –
before one saw a long career in Congress brought to an untimely end.
Carolyn Maloney, chair of the House oversight committee, said her o
pponent in New York’s 12th district,
Jerrold Nadler, was “half-dead”, possibly senile and unlikely to fi
nish his next term in Washington,
CNN reported. Allies of Nadler, the judiciary chair, called Maloney
“kooky” and “not entirely sober”.
In the end, Nadler’s political career remained wholly alive.
With nearly 90% of results in when the race was called, he had take
n 56% of the vote to 24% for Maloney.
A third candidate, Suraj Patel, brought up the rear.