I'm Laura Coates and this is CNN Tonight, and here we go.

Another election night in America as we are inching our way much closer now to the midterm

elections, which will, of course, decide which party either retains or reclaims the

majority in the House and the Senate.

Now, polls just closed moments ago in New York, which is one of three states holding the

final primaries of this month.

And frankly, all eyes are on the race that is picked to, of the most powerful Democrats

in this country against one another.

Now, how powerful?

Well, one does chair the House Judiciary Committee and the other, the House Oversight Committee.

Both have been in Congress for three decades.

And tonight, one of them, or maybe even possibly both of them, could actually lose their seat.

So why are they even against each other for the very first time?

I'll tell you one word, redistricting.

But it's not just the map, they're up against.

And to this mix, you can add the long shot lawyer, Siraj Patel, and speaking of political

shots that are taken, let's say this campaign has turned up quite a bit.

I mean, politics, especially in Washington, DC and beyond, has a funny way of turning friends

and colleagues into rivals.

And that is what's happening here.

Maloney has allegedly been saying to people that privately that Nadler is, quote, half dead

her words allegedly, and is publicly thrashing him.

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