Rockland Republican Enters Race For Lowey's Seat In Congress

ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY — Rockland County resident Yehudis Gottesfeld joins a crowded field of candidates vying to replace longtime Rep. Nita Lowey in New York's 17th Congressional District. Gottesfeld will seek the GOP line on the ballot in November.

She's the third Republican to announce her candidacy, joining Josh Eisen and Jarred Buchanan. There are 14 Democratic candidates.

The 17th Congressional District includes all of Rockland County and much of Westchester, including Peekskill, Yorktown, Ossining, New Castle, Mount Pleasant, Tarrytown, White Plains and Harrison.

Rockland residents running for the seat include Gottesfeld; Mondaire Jones of South Nyack, a 32-year-old former litigator in the Westchester County Law Department and former Department of Justice staffer during the Obama Administration; David Carlucci, a state Senator; and David Katz.

Gottesfeld attended Rockland Community College and graduated from the City College of New York with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.

Among the issues she is most concerned about: making taxes fairer; supporting parents' choices about where to send their children to school; using the free market to reduce health care costs; and keeping America safe.

She told Gateway Pundit: “The Democrats have left many behind by embracing socialism and abandoning support for Israel. I’ll work every day to empower Americans to improve their lives and to stand up to radical liberals like Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez whose extremism is out of touch with the values of average Americans."

Learn more about her on her Facebook page and on her website.