New York’s Redistricting Chaos Creates House Election Intrigue
- Redrawn districts pits Democrat incumbents against each other
- Court pushed New York congressional primary to late August
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Following a chaotic court-ordered reshuffling of New York’s congressional districts, New Yorkers on Tuesday will vote in what have become some of the most contentious US primary election battles of the year.
The litigation over the once-a-decade redrawing of political boundaries pushed back the primary to late August and created a high-stakes game of musical chairs, pitting long-time colleagues against each other and stirring up intra-party resentments among both Democrats and Republicans.