Republican Mike Lawler is running for a second term against Mondaire Jones.
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., greets young children at a Halloween event at Strawtown Elementary School.In New York's 17th Congressional District, the candidates here insist they're centrists. Just don't believe the lies from the other side.
"They're both trying to out-moderate each other, which is interesting because you so seldom see a competition for the middle," New York-based Democratic strategist Jon Reinish told ABC News. "I think it's what most voters in this district, and not in this district, actually want.
"He's always honest, and he's done everything to show that he supports the community, supports law enforcement," Jason Rudnitsky, a detective for the New York Police Department, said of Lawler. "Mondaire Jones has done things to prove that he stands with and the squad, and I don't believe in what they stand for. And for that reason, I'm voting against them."
Their lawn signs tell the story -- Jones' say he's a "Democrat for Congress." Lawler's simply say he's running for Congress, with some dubbing him "Rockland's own."
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