Maloney Defeats Challenger to Run for 10th Term in House

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/nyregion/15maloney.html

Beating back an aggressive challenger, United States Representative Carolyn B. Maloney easily won the Democratic Party’s nomination on Tuesday, according to early returns in one of the most expensive Congressional primaries this year.

With about 81 percent of the precincts reporting, Ms. Maloney, 64, had about 81 percent of the vote, while her opponent, Reshma Saujani, 34, a lawyer who has worked with hedge funds, had about 19 percent. The victory makes Ms. Maloney a heavy favorite to win a 10th term in the general election in November.

She will face David R. Brumberg, the winner of a three-way race for the Republican nomination.

Ms. Maloney spoke to her supporters at the Grand Hyatt New York in Midtown just before 11 p.m. “You are my luck, and I am nobody’s congresswoman but yours,” she said. “I remain unbought and unbossed. It was an amazing win.”