Summary

Note: This segment ran before primary results were tallied. For the outcomes of key races, click on the state-by-state election results from the AP below. Voters headed to the polls Tuesday in Florida, New York and Oklahoma with several highly anticipated races offering a window into midterm matchups. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins joins Amna Nawaz with more on the primary races that may have the biggest impact in Washington. For a transcript of this story, click here . For New York results, click here . For Florida results, click here . For Oklahoma results, click here .

Five Facts

• Where did the primaries described in this story take place?


• Who were some of the candidates in the 2022 Florida, New York and Oklahoma primaries?


• What do primaries determine?


• When does the 2022 general election take place?


• Why are some of the results of the primaries in theses states important for control of Congress next year?

Focus Questions

What do the issues in the Florida and New York primaries say about how politics in America works today? What are the primaries, and how are they organized? To find out more and test your knowledge, take this quiz . Media literacy : Oklahoma had its primaries last night, but wasn't featured prominently in the story or this lesson. Why do you think it was largely left out?

For More

What students can do : Know your voting vocab! Get familiar with these key civics terms. incumbent — An elected official currently holding office. primary election — Elections to determine who will represent each competing party in local, state and federal elections. redistricting — The process that occurs every ten years that determines the geography of each congressional district of each state.  Redistricting can give one party or the other partisan advantages in electing members to Congress.

Case study in how American politics works today (grades 10-12)

The Democratic primary race for New York’s 10th Congressional District is an interesting case study in American politics and redistricting to use with your students. Popular quotes about democracy like Winston Churchill's “democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried” and Robert F. Kennedy's "Democracy is messy, and it's hard. It's never easy" may come to mind. Directions : Read the summary, conduct additional research and dive into the question: What are the issues that make NY-10’s race a clinic for how politics works in America today and what do you think should be done about it? For more background watch this "/>" href=" "/>" rel="noopener noreferrer" tabindex="-1" target="_blank"> TYT segment from May, which explains how the redrawing (redistricting) of the Congressional map pitted moderate Democrats against progressive Democrats. Summary: After redistricting in 2021-22, Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, head of the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee which raises money from donors), a moderate Democrat, decided to run in progressive Democrat Rep. Mondaire Jones’ district. Jones decided not to run against Maloney, and instead moved to New York’s 10th District (NY-10) in Brooklyn and lower Manhattan to run for office there. Jones' entrance into the race pitted him against other progressive candidates in NY-10 and voters accused him of being a "carpetbagger," or someone who moves to run in a more favorable race despite not knowing local people or issues as well as other candidates. Daniel Goldman, MSNBC contributor and former Trump impeachment prosecutor, ended up winning NY-10 in Tuesday’s primary. Goldman spent nearly 5 million dollars of his own money (net worth up to $253 million ), according to the New York Times, and narrowly beat progressive Yuh-Line Niou, a state assemblymember. Maloney did end up winning his primary on Tuesday, despite anger by some progressive Democrats that Mondaire Jones had abandoned the race.

Current results of race in NY-10 from Ballotpedia :

We encourage your students to discuss or look up the following key terms specific to this activity:

• primary


• midterms


• 10th Congressional District (NY-10)


• congressional redistricting (legislative redistricting)


• corporate Democrat (sometimes called centrist Democrat or moderate Democrat)


• progressive


• the establishment


• gerrymandering


• DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee)


• Voting Rights bill


• carpetbagger


• campaign finance reform

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