New Yorkers Select Candidates in Key Congressional Races

Published on June 26, 2024

NEW YORK CITY—While much attention has focused on Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s heated primary battle in New York, elsewhere in the state, voters selected their candidates for key swing seats in the House of Representatives. In District 22, state Sen. John Mannion won the Democrat nomination and will advance to face Republican incumbent Brandon Williams. Former CNN anchor John Avlon won the Democratic primary in District 1 and will go on to compete for the seat held by Republican incumbent Rep. Nick LaLota. New York District 22 At stake for the Republican Party in November is a slim majority in the House after redistricting rendered New York’s CD 22 vulnerable to a Democrat flip....