This cycle Nick LaLota will have an opponent who’s not a Republican-lite corporate shill. Blue America has endorsed Lukas Ventouras and you’ll be hearing lots about him. Let’s start with this guest post in which he introduces himself. If you like what he has to say, please consider contributing to his campaign here.
Guest Post By Lukas Ventouras: They Tell Me I Cant Win… Here’s Why They’re Wrong
My name is Lukas Ventouras, and I am a first-time candidate running for Congress in NY-01. Sprawling almost all of Suffolk County, New York, from Huntington to The Hamptons, including the Shinnecock Nation and Shelter Island, it is expansive, and diverse, both culturally and socioeconomically, making it a microcosm of the US.
In recent years, many Democrats have tried, and failed, to win this district, ever since Democrat Tim Bishop lost his bid for a 7th term to Lee Zeldin in 2014.
In the years since, it has been characterized as a “red” district, because of the over-performance of Republicans year after year. Now, represented by Nick LaLota, the district is being completely written off by prominent Democrats, local and national, with a source close to a former nominee telling me that former nominees and prominent local Dems are sitting out of a race they “do not see as winnable.”
