Tag: Alessandra Biaggi

New Yorkers Hit the Polls Aug. 23 for ‘Primary Part 2’

From Buffalo’s suburbs on Lake Erie to the eastern tip of Long Island, New Yorkers are casting ballots on Aug. 23 in primaries for 63 state senate and 26 U.S. House seats. It is the second round of inner-party preliminary elections to set slates for November general elections in New York, where proposed state senate…


Upstart Progressive Tests ‘Establishment’ Democrat in Hudson Valley Congressional Primary

Five-term Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) is seeking reelection in his Aug. 23 Democratic primary by touting his record as a moderate dealmaker who can win competitive elections in a swing Hudson Valley congressional district won by former President Donald Trump in 2016. Maloney, a self-described “gay guy with an interracial family,” has represented New…