Gay Congressman Mondaire Jones, Victim of Redistricting, Loses Primary
metroweekly.complaced in the same district as fellow Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, another openly gay member of Congress — and powerful head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.Despite living in the new 17th Congressional District, most of Maloney’s old constituents live in the new 18th District, yet Maloney insisted on running where he resides.
Rather than challenge Maloney in a primary, Jones decided to relocate to the new, incumbent-free 10th Congressional District located in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.
But having relocated to the district only recently, as well as jumping into an already-crowded field, hampered Jones’s bid for office.
As a result, Jones ended up finishing third, with only 18% of the vote, behind winer Daniel Goldman, an ex-U.S. attorney who prosecuted the first impeachment case against Donald Trump, and State Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou.While Jones has locked up the Working Families Party nomination for the general election, Goldman, as the Democratic nominee in a liberal-leaning district, is heavily favored.
