New York Democrat Suraj Patel will mount a primary challenge against Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney for the third straight election cycle. Patel, a lawyer, activist, lecturer on business ethics at NYU and former staffer in the Obama administration, announced his campaign Monday to thwart Maloney, the chair of the powerful House Oversight Committee, as she seeks a 16th term in Congress.
Patel came within four points of defeating Maloney in one of 2020’s closest primary races.
