The Democrat who represented a swath of New York City’s northern suburbs between 2021 and 2023, announced a comeback bid Wednesday morning in an effort to flip the swing district from red bac…
The 36-year-old former congressman said in a video message he will once again vie to be elected in the 17th District, which includes most of the northern portion of Westchester County, all of Rockland and Putnam Counties and some of Dutchess County.
Jones, who is black and openly gay, touted his outsider status in the campaign clip, in which he noted he was raised by a single mom and is the grandson of a janitor and home cleaner.“Most people in Washington didn’t grow up like me,” Jones said in a . “They have no idea what it’s like to struggle. We gotta get Washington back on the side of working people. I know we can do better. For me, this is personal.
I’ve never been Washington's choice. It's because I stand up to corruption. I battle with Republicans trying to overthrow our democracy & ban abortion, even as I push my party to fight harder for working people.
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