NY-17 not the bluer pastures Maloney was looking for

While Sean Patrick Maloney and Alessandra Biaggi were busy releasing dueling polls to show who would win their primary, Republican Mike Lawler released his own poll showing him beating both Democrats in the general.

Lawler leads Maloney 46%-44% and Biaggi 47%-41%, while Biden faces a 59% disapproval rating in the district.

Meanwhile, the Working Families Party, which rescinded its Maloney endorsement in favor of Biaggi, is out with an ad attacking Maloney for his votes against the Affordable Care Act.

NRCC Comment: “Sean Patrick Maloney’s impending loss would have been a lot less embarrassing if he’d just stayed in NY-18. Now, he’s still going to lose and he’s getting beat up for not being liberal enough, all while he’s in charge of saving House Democrats’ majority.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Samantha Bullock