Rep. Seth Moulton & Serve America Endorse Farkas for NY CD-17

Evelyn Farkas, Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Obama, has announced that Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Serve America, the group he founded to elect service-oriented leaders, have endorsed her campaign to succeed retiring Rep. Nita Lowey in New York’s 17th Congressional District.

"Evelyn spent years fighting for democracy abroad before she realized how much our own democracy needs to be defended here at home,” said Moulton. “She has the foreign policy expertise and experience it will take to repair our international relationships and protect our democracy from those who seek to undermine it. America will be safer with Evelyn in Congress, and I’m glad to be standing with her."

Rep. Seth Moulton founded Serve America in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s 2016 election to help bring leaders to Capitol Hill who have actively extended themselves in service to America.

“From the battlefield to the Halls of Congress, Rep. Moulton has exemplified what it means to serve our nation with dignity and honor, ” Farkas said. “In Congress, I look forward to working with Seth to deliver for the American people—restarting our economy in a way that leaves no one behind, addressing the existential threat of climate change, and fostering a culture of service in our nation."

Moulton’s endorsement adds to a growing list of potential colleagues in the House of Representatives who have endorsed Farkas’ campaign, including Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Annie Kuster (D-NH), Julia Brownley (D-CA) and Tom Malinowski (D-NJ). She has also been endorsed by a number of senior federal policymakers, including Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, former Obama White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, ambassadors Stuart Eizenstat and Daniel Shapiro, and Dr. Zeke Emanuel, a key architect of the Affordable Care Act. Other endorsements include NY State Sen. Tom Duane, former Sens. Carl Levin and Bob Graham, former NARAL-Pro Choice NY and Planned Parenthood Federation of America Board Chair Jill Lafer, and progressive activists Rob Reiner and Jane Lynch.

The daughter of refugees from Hungary and a Westchester native, Farkas is the only candidate in the race with federal legislative and policy experience. For nearly three decades, she has represented the United States defending democracy and advancing human rights in the Defense Department and on the Senate Armed Services Committee staff. In addition to serving as executive director of the WMD Commission, she was a human rights officer in Bosnia and a professor at the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College. She has advised former cabinet secretaries, representatives and senators, including Hillary Clinton.

New York's 17th Congressional District for the U.S. House of Representatives is located in the Lower Hudson Valley. It includes all of Rockland County and portions of central and northwestern Westchester County, including Chappaqua, Mt. Kisco, Ossining, Peekskill, Pleasantville, Tarrytown, White Plains, Cortlandt and Yorktown Heights. District residents interested in Farkas'
election campaign can visit evelynforny.com, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to learn more, volunteer or contribute.