In a competitive Hudson Valley district, the left-leaning party worries a Republican spoiler candidate will tip the race for Rep. Mike Lawler.
In one hypercompetitive Hudson Valley congressional district, the left-leaning Working Families Party is campaigning on an unusual message: Don't vote for us.
Both parties are sacrificing those opportunities in the 17th District, where the WFP is spending at least $25,000 imploring voters to vote on the Democratic line. They say Frascone is a Republican spoiler who managed to clinch the WFP primary while the party feuded with Jones. But if you drive around the Hudson Valley, you won’t see yard signs supporting Frascone for Congress. He doesn't have a campaign website. He has reported no fundraising. He does not respond to calls. When Gothamist rang his doorbell and left a business card, he did not answer. Even his neighbors didn’t know he was running for office.As Solis processed the news, she wondered aloud why Frascone would run, then quickly came to her own conclusion: “He wants to split the vote.
Frascone’s candidacy also poses a somewhat existential problem for the Working Families Party. Every two years, minor parties need to win either 2% or at least 130,000 votes statewide in the top contest to maintain their ballot line. In presidential election years, that usually means an all-out push statewide.
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