NEW YORK — Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who is leading the effort to elect House Democrats in the midterm elections, is busy fighting for his own survival against a surprisingly strong GOP challenger.
Mr. Maloney is running for reelection in New York’s 17th Congressional District against one-term Republican Assemblyman Mike Lawler, who’s counting on a nationwide “red wave” to help him succeed in the Democrat-leaning district.
Internal polls from both parties show him in a dead heat with Mr. Lawler in the district in New York City’s Hudson Valley suburbs where President Biden won by 10 points in 2020.