Former Democratic Rep Mondaire Jones launches comeback bid for crucial seat that helped GOP take House
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Former Democratic New York Representative Mondaire Jones launched a comeback bid on Wednesday to reclaim a House seat that is currently held by Republican Rep. Mike Lawler.
The winner will face off against freshman Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, who knocked out longtime Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney after redistricting reshaped the reliably blue district into a swing district. Jones had represented the 17th but stepped aside for Maloney, running unsuccessfully instead in a primary for the reshaped 10th District. Emily Robertson is a Fox News Digital production assistant.
"It's only through a series of nightmarish events that happened with redistricting in New York last year that I am not a current member of Congress for this district," Jones told Fox News Digital. "But my constituents have been urging me everywhere I go, whether it's in the grocery store or on the streets to win back this seat and to continue the work I started."
Jones, who received attention as one of the first openly gay, Black men in Congress when he won a crowded 2020 Democratic primary, said he wants to cut down costs for the working class and "restore and protect basic freedoms," including access to abortion and healthcare rights for women.