New York NY-12 House2020
RACE AT A GLANCE
RACE TYPE
Incumbent running
Carolyn Maloney (D)
Key Dates
Filing Deadline: Apr 9, 2020
Primary Election: Jun 23, 2020
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Full Bio:
MALONEY, Carolyn Bosher, a Representative from New York; born in Greensboro, Guilford County,
N.C., February 19, 1946; B.A., Greensboro College, Greensboro, N.C., 1968;
community affairs coordinator, New York, N.Y., board of education welfare
education program, 1972-1975; staff, New York, N.Y., board of education center
for career and occupational education, 1975-1976; staff, New York state
assembly committee on housing, 1977; senior program analyst, New York state
assembly committee on cities, 1977-1979; executive director, advisory council,
office of the New York state senate minority leader, 1979-1982; director of
special projects, office of the New York state senate minority leader,
1980-1982; member of the New York, N.Y., city council, 1982-1992; elected as a
Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the twelve succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 1993-present); chair, Joint Economic Committee (One Hundred
Eleventh Congress).
Source: Bioguide
CANDIDATES
Republicans
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DISTRICT DATA
New York - 12
Manhattan: Midtown, Upper West Side, Upper East Side
Population Breakdown
Source: American Community Survey 2015
Past Presidential Results from this District
2016 Election Results
Source: Dave's Redistricting/VEST
2012 Election Results
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RACE ANALYSIS
The Bottom Line
Updated: Nov 22, 2019
NY-12: Carolyn Maloney (D) - Manhattan’s East Side, Queens: Astoria
Solid Democratic. Maloney, now 73 and in her 14th term, was just elected chair of the House Oversight Committee. But back home, she faces a rematch against attorney Suraj Patel, who took a higher-than-expected 43 percent against her in the 2018 primary by arguing Maloney hasn't done enough in three decades in Congress to address skyrocketing housing costs and failing Subway tracks.
Maloney fought Patel off in 2018 by accusing him of taking a homestead exemption in Indiana and pointing out his family's hotel business was cited for labor violations. But her biggest advantage in 2020 could be that it won't be a one-on-one ballot in June: anti-sexual harassment advocate Erica Vladimer and at least two others are running as well, which could split Maloney's opposition.
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