Morning Digest: Why a tiny primary could have big implications for November

_{The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.}

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● NY-17: Former Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones is in danger of losing Tuesday's Working Families Party primary to a little-known candidate named Anthony Frascone, whom both Jones and the WFP leadership have accused of running to help Republican Rep. Mike Lawler win reelection in New York's competitive 17th District.

With 337 votes tabulated as of Thursday morning, Frascone leads Jones by a 55-45 margin, a difference of 31 votes. However, the Associated Press has not yet called the race, and its estimates of the total expected vote have shifted dramatically—but even coming up with an estimate for a contest like this has to be all but impossible.