Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Rep. Jerry Nadler will defeat fellow Rep. Carolyn Maloney in a vicious primary that locked New York Democrats in a battle for the heart of Manhattan, according to NBC News. The two lawmakers faced off after a redistricting map pushed them to compete for a single congressional seat. Nadler, 75, and Maloney, 76, have represented adjacent parts of the island for about three decades. Both hold powerful seats in Congress: Nadler chairs the House Judiciary Committee, while Maloney heads the House Oversight Committee. Nadler’s congressional district included the Upper West Side, while Maloney’s covered much of the eastern half of Manhattan. But their separate districts were combined in May, the result of a messy and highly controversial redistricting process. Both Nadler and Maloney have announced they will run for the newly created 12th Congressional District. Suraj Patel, who has challenged Maloney in two previous primaries, was also on the ballot. Despite their long history, the main battle between Nadler and Maloney was anything but close. “He said, ‘step aside, I’m running.’ And I said, ‘Well, I’m running too. I’m not running,’” Maloney said in a New York Magazine profile of the race. “He said, ‘I’m going to win.’ I said, “I will win.” We haven’t spoken since,” he said. Maloney has also reignited rumors that Nadler will not serve out his full term if elected and that he is senile and unfit for office — accusations that Nadler’s campaign has denied. Nadler highlighted the differences in their ballots, saying Maloney was “wrong on very important issues,” including her “cowardly” vote for the Patriot Act, New York Magazine reported. Nadler has also made his Jewish faith a central part of his pitch to voters. Maloney, meanwhile, has tried to focus on her experiences as a woman in politics while touting her record on social issues — including abortion, a galvanizing issue in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade. It has been endorsed by famous lawyer and feminist activist Gloria Steinem. “You can’t send a man to do a woman’s job,” Maloney said in a recent TV commercial. Correction: This report has been updated to correctly describe the area of ​​Maloney’s former congressional district.