Chris Collins insider trading scandal puts deep red district on the midterm map. Dems raising $$
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/08/chris-collins-insider-trading-arrest-puts-gop-district-on-midterm-map.html
GOP Rep. Chris Collins' insider trading arrest puts a deep-red seat on the House battlefield
GOP Rep. Chris Collins' arrest on insider trading charges makes his deep-red New York district more competitive in November's House elections.
Supporters of his Democratic opponent, Nate McMurray, have already started to raise money on Collins' indictment.
Still, the 27th District favors Republicans, as it voted overwhelmingly for both Collins and President Donald Trump in 2016.
Liberals seized on the news of Collins' arrest almost immediately. The New York Working Families Party started to raise money for the Democratic candidate in the race, Grand Island Town Supervisor Nate McMurray. The party said, "We can defeat this corrupt Trump Republican and win this seat in November." Collins was Trump's first supporter in Congress during the 2016 campaign.
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