{"id":27374,"date":"2023-08-13T08:04:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T12:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=27374"},"modified":"2023-08-13T08:04:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T12:04:38","slug":"democrats-line-up-in-syracuse-area-primary-for-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=27374","title":{"rendered":"Democrats line up in Syracuse-area primary for Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an opportunity for 2A supportive Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/central-ny\/politics\/2023\/08\/12\/democrats-line-up-in-syracuse-area-primary-for-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to take action<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;New York\u2019s Syracuse region is home to a congressional district that has long tantalized Democrats, but their efforts to win it have \u2014 in recent cycles \u2014 ended in failure. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joebiden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Joe Biden<\/a> carried what is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/congress2022\/con22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York\u2019s 22nd Congressional District<\/a> by nearly 8 points in 2020. Two years later, <a href=\"https:\/\/brandonwilliams.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican Brandon Williams<\/a>, a Navy veteran and political newbie, won the seat by a few thousand votes. Now, with control of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. House of Representatives<\/a> potentially running through the Empire State next year, the party is eying the seat once again &#8230; Several Democrats have already launched their campaigns &#8230; Utica associate professor <a href=\"https:\/\/clemmieharrisforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clemmie Harris<\/a>, a former state trooper and aide to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Paterson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gov. David Paterson<\/a>, is also making a bid &#8230; <strong>He lists combating gun violence among his top priorities<\/strong> &#8230; <strong>He argues the AR-15 should not be available for domestic purchase and says gun violence should be treated as a matter of public safety and public health<\/strong> &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This guy&#8217;s a stinker.\u00a0 2A wins if he loses the primary.\u00a0 Make it so.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D27374&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=27374\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=27374\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=27374\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an opportunity for 2A supportive Democrats to take action: &#8220;New York\u2019s Syracuse region is home to a congressional district that has long tantalized Democrats, but their efforts to win it have \u2014 in recent cycles \u2014 ended in failure. 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