The 1st Congressional District is filled with independent voters and could surely sway the balance of power in Washington.
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. -- The race in the 1st Congressional District on Long Island between Rep. Nick LaLota and former CNN reporter John Avlon has been deemed a toss up. The district is filled with independent voters and could surely sway the balance of power in Washington.The territory the district covers is enormous, from the farmers and fishermen of the East End to middle class suburbia stretching west to Huntington, a mix of working-class towns, rural farm communities, and wealthy enclaves.
Naval Academy and Hofstra Law, has been involved in Suffolk politics for many years. His wife is a schoolteacher.Avlon, who voted in Sag Harbor on Tuesday morning, was born in New York City and is the son of Greek immigrants. The 51-year-old graduated Yale and Columbia, was a political commentator and strategist, and, incidentally, is married to a Republican, Margaret Hoover, the great-granddaughter of Herbert Hoover.'Let's turn a new page.
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