N.Y. Dem Rep. Pat Ryan Mocks GOP ‘Fear Mongering’ on Border, Crime on Private Zoom Call

In 2022, New York Republican candidates helped the House GOP win the majority thanks to a favorable new map and a relentless focus on voters’ concerns with crime, public safety, and immigration. One Democrat who successfully navigated that midterm environment was Hudson Valley Representative Pat Ryan.

A West Point graduate who won an August 2022 special congressional election in part by focusing on abortion access after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, this former Ulster County executive narrowly carried New York’s 18th district in the 2022 general election by leaning into voters’ kitchen table concerns. As his reelection race heats up, he has continued campaigning on protecting abortion access and tacking to the center on immigration in his 2024 bid against GOP challenger Alison Esposito, a New York City Police Department veteran who ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in 2022. The race is seen as very competitive.

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Audrey Fahlberg was a politics reporter for National Review.

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In 2022, New York Republican candidates helped the House GOP win the majority thanks to a favorable new map and a relentless focus on voters’ concerns with crime, public safety, and immigration. One Democrat who successfully navigated that midterm environment was Hudson Valley Representative Pat Ryan.

A West Point graduate who won an August 2022 special congressional election in part by focusing on abortion access after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, this former Ulster County executive narrowly carried New York’s 18th district in the 2022 general election by leaning into voters’ kitchen table concerns. As his reelection race heats up, he has continued campaigning on protecting abortion access and tacking to the center on immigration in his 2024 bid against GOP challenger Alison Esposito, a New York City Police Department veteran who ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in 2022. The race is seen as very competitive.