Headline Roundup • August 23rd, 2022
Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in New York and in Florida
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Summary from the AllSides News Team
Voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide 2022 primaries and special elections in Florida and New York.
In Florida, Charlie Crist - a Democrat who was a former Republican governor there - is running against state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in a Democratic gubernatorial primary that currently has no clear leader. The winner will face Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall, in a state where registered Republicans outnumber registered Democrats for the first time in Florida's history.
In New York, Democrat Pat Ryan and Republican Marc Molinaro are squaring off in a tight race in New York's 19th Congressional District, a seat that was vacated in May by incoming state Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado. Democrats there are hoping that the overturning of Roe v. Wade will anger enough disenchanted voters to make a difference, while Republicans are banking on a backlash to high inflation.
Sources across the political spectrum are covering the races with an eye on what the results might predict for the general election in November.
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Florida voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to determine which candidates will have the chance to face off in this November’s general election. Voters will cast ballots in races for the governorship and Congress, all the way down to circuit courts and local school boards.
Democrats are competing to run against the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, and US senator Marco Rubio, both of whom are considered potential Republican presidential candidates for 2024. On the House side, a new congressional map drawn by DeSantis is expected to give Republicans a hefty...
A special congressional election in upstate New York on Tuesday could offer a unique window into whether abortion access is animating voters as much as Democrats hope it can.
Republican Marc Molinaro and Democrat Pat Ryan are squaring off this week in New York’s 19th Congressional District, which former Rep. Antonio Delgado vacated in May to become the state’s lieutenant governor.
Polls suggest the race is extremely tight heading into an Election Day that analysts will watch closely for clues about the GOP’s strength. While Republicans have for months expected to wrest control of...
The big question on Florida Democrats’ minds: Can they beat Gov. Ron DeSantis (R)?
The party’s voters on Tuesday are set to choose between Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.), a former Republican governor who’s making his second attempt at reclaiming his old office, and state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, the lone statewide elected Democrat, in the primary to challenge DeSantis this fall.
But while few Republicans ignite the same kind of outrage among Democrats as DeSantis does, it’s unclear whether the party has the candidates — or the firepower — to...
