Micah Lasher wins Democratic primary to succeed Jerry Nadler
Micah Lasher won the competitive Democratic primary to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), holding off Assemblyman Alex Bores in New York‘s 12th Congressional District.
TL;DR
- Micah Lasher won the Democratic primary for New York's 12th Congressional District.
- He defeated Assemblyman Alex Bores, with George Conway and Jack Schlossberg also in the running.
- The district is heavily Democratic, making Lasher the probable winner in the general election.
- The race was the second most expensive House primary on record, with significant spending from AI interest groups.
- Leading the Future, a pro-AI group, spent heavily against Bores due to his work on AI regulations.
- Leading contenders largely agreed on Israel policy, with most refusing to call its actions in Gaza a genocide.