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It's the Brian Laire Show on WNYC.

Good morning everyone. Today we're interviewing the

Democratic and Republican candidates in an important swing congressional

district New York 17. The incumbent is Republican Mike Lawler, who will talk to now. The Democrat is

former Congressman Mondere Jones who will be on later this hour. As they compete in the

district, that geographically is on either side of the Tappanze Mario Cuomo Bridge.

Rockland County on one side, Terry Town and points north to Putnam and part of Duchess County on the other.

Mike Lawler is a freshman elected in 2022 over Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney,

when Republicans flipped a handful of districts in the New York City suburbs. A friendly court ordered

redistricting helped but issues matter too just like all over Long Island and the

Hudson Valley. The New York suburbs were one of the only areas remember of the country to experience

a meaningful Republican wave that had been predicted to be much more widespread in

Joe Biden's midterm congressional election.

Now the district has been redrawn again,

which might help the Democrat Jones this time,

but it's still expected to be a very close race

and it might be crucial to decide in control of Congress.

There's also a weird third party factor in this race if you haven't heard about this yet.

The Working Families Party has fielded its own candidate who beat Mondere Jones in that

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