Democrats intensify efforts to stop implementation of draft New York congressional map that pits incumbents against each other
CNN
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is intensifying efforts to stop the implementation of a draft congressional map that would pit several Democratic incumbents against one another in the midterms and has exacerbated sensitive divisions in the caucus.
The controversy, which Democratic leaders are trying to tamp down in order to avoid a full-blown public brawl, has led some members to question whether DCCC Chairman Sean Patrick Maloney is the man to lead them during a midterm season that is already daunting for the party.
In a new letter provided first to CNN, the DCCC, along with several constituents affected by the redistricting, call on a New York court to reconsider Monday's draft congressional map that the DCCC argues would undo "decades of hard-fought racial progress" and fracture "important communities of interest throughout New York."
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