by Madeiline Hubbard at Just the News
ew York Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the Democrat in charge of preserving his party’s House majority, conceded defeat Wednesday morning to Republican challenger Mike Lawler.
Shortly before noon, the Associated Press still had not declared a winner. But with 98% of the ballots counted, Lawler had 50.6% of the vote, compared to 49.4% for Maloney.
The loss for Maloney, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is a tough defeat for Democrats, considering they lost a top member in a new but solid-Democrat district after pouring millions into the race.
Earlier this year, after New York’s redrawn House district lines were finally settled, Maloney announced he would run in the state’s 17th Congressional District, in the lower Hudson Valley, drawing criticism from the party’s left.
Joe Biden would have won the district by 10 points had it been created before he ran for president in 2020, according to CNN.
Republicans reportedly spent roughly $1.4 million to oust Maloney,…
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