NY-02: Democrat Gordon has $1.1 million for 2nd CD race; GOP's Garbarino has $104,000
Democrat Jackie Gordon raised nearly $800,000 in the second quarter, bringing her campaign’s cash-on-hand to $1.13 million, more than 10 times that of Republican Assemb. Andrew Garbarino who has $104,100 in cash, according to new recent federal filings.
Gordon, a retired U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel and former member of the Babylon Town Council, has support from national Democrats seeking to flip the long-held GOP seat when Rep. Peter King retires in November.
King (R-Seaford) is stepping down after nearly three decades representing the 2nd Congressional District, which includes parts of the towns of Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Babylon and Islip. King has endorsed Garbarino, who has served more than eight years in the Assembly’s Republican minority.
The race could be among the most competitive House contests in the nation and Gordon's war chest shows she is seriously committed, political experts say.
"If money is the mother's milk of politics, she's running a Dairy Barn," Desmond Ryan, a veteran Albany lobbyist and political commentator, said of Gordon.
"You will see national figures on both sides of the aisle — that's how competitive this open seat is going to be," Ryan said.
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