
Where members of Congress are pitted against each other in 2022 primaries
CNN
It's rare for an incumbent member of Congress to lose a primary. It's even rarer for an incumbent member of Congress to lose a primary to a colleague of the same party.
A new proposed congressional map in New York, however, could lead to several of those outcomes if implemented. The draft of the map, which was drawn by a court-appointed expert and unveiled Monday, has led to a raft of Democratic infighting, possibly forcing a handful of House members into primaries against each other.
At the center of the controversy is New York Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who leads the Democrats' House campaign arm. He caused an uproar when he announced he would run in the newly drawn 17th Congressional District in the state. The current version of that district is represented by freshman Rep. Mondaire Jones, who is Black. New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went as far as to say Maloney should step down as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee if he runs against a fellow incumbent.