The race in Syracuse pits a “feisty” U.S. Air Force vet against a former schoolteacher.
State Sen. John Mannion and Dewitt Town Councilor Sarah Klee Hood are facing off next week to determine who will challenge the incumbent. | Bill Mahoney/POLITICOSYRACUSE, New York — This purple district in upstate New York is a crucial piece of Democrats’ plans to retake the House. There’s just one problem: The party has repeatedly botched contests here that it should have won.
“Democrats across the board have realized that this race has gotten screwed up a lot over the years,” Syracuse City Auditor Alex Marion said. “People really want to make sure we get this right, because the road to this perilously close House majority could run right through Central New York.” “I am a short, feisty, energetic, overqualified woman,” Sarah Klee Hood said during the candidates’ first debate. | Sarah Klee Hood for NY
Mannion is a former teacher, a fact he highlights in practically every other sentence on the campaign trail.
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