Republican incumbent Mike Lawler and Democrat challenger Mondaire Jones squared off on Oct. 16 in their bid for New York’s 17th Congressional District seat in the Hudson Valley.
The 17th Congressional District encompasses all of Rockland and Putnam counties, as well as parts of Westchester and Dutchess where 59.6 percent of residents voted for President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential elections.
The debate aired on News 12 Westchester just weeks before the Nov. 5 general election, which will also decide control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Tara Rosenblum, News 12’s lead reporter, was the moderator.
“Their race is a crucial battleground that could determine the balance of power in Washington, D.C., for years to come,” she said….