A man is in custody Thursday night after attacking U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican nominee for governor, at a campaign event in Fairport, New York, officials said.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. —
The campaign said Zeldin "grabbed the attacker’s wrist to stop him" until others took the attacker to the ground.
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