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The New York Times reports:
Representative Sean Patrick Maloney, the chair of the powerful Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, conceded defeat on Wednesday in his bid for a House seat in New York City’s northern suburbs to a Republican state assemblyman, Mike Lawler, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The concession, which Mr. Maloney was to announce publicly Wednesday morning from Washington, came even though The Associated Press has not yet called the race. With more than 95 percent of the vote counted, Mr. Lawler led Mr. Maloney by 1.2 percentage points.
Mr. Lawler, a first-term assemblyman, had run a vigorous and sometimes vicious campaign against Mr. Maloney, the chair of the powerful Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, characterizing him as out of touch with local residents by mocking his international travel and renting his Hudson Valley home.
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There will be lots of second-guessing here, mostly around Maloney’s decision to hop districts after New York’s new maps came down.
He campaigned for the DCCC job, after all, on idea that he knew how to win tough races in swing districts. He’s not the only NY Dem underperforming
— Nicholas Fandos (@npfandos) November 9, 2022
Wow. Maloney pushed Mondaire Jones (D) out of #NY17 because he was afraid he’d lose #NY18. Then Maloney loses #NY17 and Dems win #NY18 without him.
Mike Lawler (R) with an enormous win for R’s. The House majority runs through NY and CA, of all places. https://t.co/Ip4USTM5qF
— RRH Elections (@RRHElections) November 9, 2022
Will Sean Patrick Maloney’s inexplicably bad decision to push Mondaire Jones out of his own district be the loss that robs Democrats of House control???
— Max Burns (@themaxburns) November 9, 2022