Democrats launch mission to save their campaign chief

NBC News / Comcast ^ | October 25, 2022 | By Scott Wong

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For the second time in as many election cycles, Democrats are launching an 11th-hour rescue mission to save the very House campaigns chief responsible for protecting vulnerable incumbents and preserving their fragile House majority.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s decision to spend more than $600,000 on TV ads to bolster its chairman, New York Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, came as cash-rich Republicans dumped millions into the once-sleepy race and Democrats retreated in other battleground districts around the country.

The move came Monday shortly after the election handicapper Cook Political Report moved Maloney’s race for New York’s 17th Congressional District from “lean Democratic” to “toss up.” Republicans have been spending big to boost Maloney’s GOP opponent, state Assemblyman Michael Lawler, pouring nearly $8.8 million into the race, according to a source tracking spending, and hitting Maloney on high inflation, surging crime and his past support for ending cash bail for those in jail.

A Republican strategist working on the Maloney race said the tightening election for governor is helping the GOP, as Republican Lee Zeldin gains on Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The GOP strategist, who spoke about the race on condition of anonymity, insisted Republicans believe they can win the race. Two recent polls show a close race with crime registering as a top issue for voters. The strategist said Hochul’s tightening race, the rise of crime as a concern for New Yorkers and Maloney’s decision to run in a different district — which requires him to reintroduce himself to voters — has put the district “firmly in the middle of the battlefield.”

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