The winner of Tuesday's Democrat primary in New York is now going on to challenge first-term Long Island Republican Rep. Nick LaLota in November.
A former CNN anchor has won his Democratic primary in New York's 1st congressional district, setting up what's expected to be a high-profile fight against Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., in November. John Avlon, who was also once a speechwriter for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Republican, was up against former Stony Brook University professor Nancy Goroff. Goroff ran and lost in the district in 2020.
Avlon was endorsed by Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with his fellow New York Democratic Reps. Dan Goldman and Tom Suozzi. 'We need to build the broadest possible coalition to defeat Donald Trump, defend democracy and win back the House from his extreme MAGA minions,' Avlon's website states.
Goroff is not endorsed by any current members of New York's congressional delegation, but she was backed by current Reps. Lois Frankel, D-Fla.; Eric Sorensen, D-Ill.; Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.; and Bill Foster, D-Ill.
The first-term lawmaker won the seat after his predecessor, former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., retired to run for New York governor. Zeldin flipped the seat for Republicans when he beat incumbent Rep. Tim Bishop, D-N.Y., in 2014. Like Zeldin, LaLota has also aligned himself with Trump, becoming one of the first swing seat Republicans to endorse the former president for reelection.
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