Daughter of former longtime NY Rep. Carolyn Maloney declares primary victory in crowded council race
Princeton-educated Virginia Maloney, 37, who has worked for Meta, won the party's primary race over former teacher Vanessa Aronson and four other prominent Manhattan Democrats, all but assuring her victory in the Dem-saturated city's general election in November.
3 Virginia Maloney, former longtime New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney's daughter, campaigned in a crowded race for the Upper East Side's District 4.
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Maloney took home the gold in the fifth round of the city's ranked choice voting — in which she received 53.2% of the final vote, while Aronson took 46.8%.
'It is an incredible honor to win this primary and to have the opportunity to fight for my
community in the City Council district where I was born and raised,' Maloney said in a press release.
Maloney's campaign notably received outside support from PACs backed by Trump donor Bill Ackman and DoorDash, which also supported former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's doomed bid for the Dem mayoral nomination.
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3 Virginia was born and raised in the district she will be representing.
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Politics run in the Upper East Sider's family — Her mother, Carolyn, now 78, served New York's 12th and 14th congressional districts for 30 years and served herself as a council member for 10.
The former congresswoman proudly told The Post that Virginia was the first baby born ever to a sitting city councilwoman.
'Now she's going to the City Council. She's so hard-working and dedicated and has a big heart,' Maloney said of her daughter.
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'Now she's my councilwoman. She's going to work for me!,' she said jokingly.
3 Virginia's mother Carolyn shared that Virginia was the first baby born to a sitting New York City councilwoman.
The former congresswoman said the family and campaign volunteers would be celebrating Virginia's big win with an ice cream social at her daughter's apartment.
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Maloney will face off against District 4 Republican candidate Alina Bonsell and Independent candidate Kyle Athayde in November for the general election.
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Minutes before the vote began, Mr. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that the GOP caucus is "UNITED." But hours later, as a handful of Republican holdouts didn't appear to be budging, the president's mood seemed to sour. "What are the Republicans waiting for??? What are you trying to prove???" Mr. Trump wrote shortly after midnight. "MAGA IS NOT HAPPY, AND IT'S COSTING YOU VOTES!!!" He followed that up with a post saying, "FOR REPUBLICANS, THIS SHOULD BE AN EASY YES VOTE. RIDICULOUS!!!" While voting on the rule was underway, House Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News' Sean Hannity he plans to keep the vote open "as long as it takes." The Louisiana Republican said he believes some lawmakers who voted no are "open for conversation" and their no votes are "placeholders" while they await answers to some questions about the bill. He said, "We believe we can get everybody to yes." 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'We have no idea what AI will be capable of in the next 10 years and giving it free rein and tying states hands is potentially dangerous,' Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote on X. Another Republican, Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, wrote to Cruz and his counterpart, Sen. John Cornyn, urging them to remove the moratorium. She and other conservatives said some sort of federal standard could help clarify the landscape around AI and resolve some of the party's disagreements. But with the moratorium dead and Republicans holding only narrow majorities in both chambers of Congress, it's unclear whether they will be able to agree on a set of standards to guide the development of the burgeoning technology. In an email to The Associated Press, Paxton said she wants to see limited federal AI legislation 'that sets some clear guardrails' around national security and interstate commerce, while leaving states free to address issues that affect their residents. "When it comes to technology as powerful and potentially dangerous as AI, we should be cautious about silencing state-level efforts to protect consumers and children,' she said.
