siraj patel, as well, talking about generational change, and the potential to shake things up in this race. he s just under 20% right now. i would know, to challenge carolyn maloney twice before in the primaries, and only lost by a couple thousand votes last cycle. so, he took some votes, clearly, from her, in this case. if you add it all of his votes to carolyn maloney s, jerry nadler, still, in a good place. he will continue on, maloney s career, at least in the house, will end, come next congress. there s also another race we call, don that, have been keeping a close eye on. there s a myriad of races since those maps were thrown out, since the democrats dreams of a very democratic center primary were, essentially, tossed out with them. that starts right here, as you noted the top of the show. patrick maloney, and the democratic chairman, progression of chairman of the committee, with the top democrat when it comes to house campaigns the cycle. we have called this race for him, proje
today to take on those two big names still several hours to find out. leila, thank you for that. let s turn to new york where two democrats are battling out for a single house seat in a newly redrawn congressional district. one will be out of a job after today s primary. jason is live in manhattan with more on this. jason, what do you see? reporter: well, kate, because of all of the redrawing of the districts here, you have a lot of democrats scrambling for position. you take a look at what is happening in the 12th district, you now have carolyn maloney going against jerry nadler. both of them have been in congress for more than 30 years, both sit on powerful committees, and they are being challenged by the progressive upstart here in the 12th district, that man by the name of siraj patel. he says it is time for new blood in washington, d.c. and the
Rep. Jerry Nadler is leading his colleague Rep. Carolyn Maloney in the polls days before New York voters cast their ballots in a primary election that pits two incumbent Democrats against one another.