{"id":1930767,"date":"2023-05-14T10:57:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T14:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-republican-alison-esposito-considering-challenge-to-democratic-rep-pat-ryan\/"},"modified":"2023-05-14T10:59:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T14:59:19","slug":"ny-republican-alison-esposito-considering-challenge-to-democratic-rep-pat-ryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-republican-alison-esposito-considering-challenge-to-democratic-rep-pat-ryan\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Republican Alison Esposito may challenge Dem Rep. Pat Ryan."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fny-republican-alison-esposito-considering-challenge-to-democratic-rep-pat-ryan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1930767&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former GOP Lieutenant Governor Candidate Mulls Challenge to Democratic Congressman<\/h2>\n<h3>Who is Alison Esposito?<\/h3>\n<p>Alison Esposito is a 25-year veteran of the New York City Police Department who retired from the force last summer to run as then-Rep. Lee Zeldin&#8217;s (R-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-lieutenant-governor-to-run-for-senate-seat-being-vacated-by-gops-toomey\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor to Run for Senate Seat Being Vacated by GOP\u2019s Toomey\">lieutenant governor candidate<\/a> in his gubernatorial race against Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY). Although they lost that race by six points, Zeldin and Esposito performed impressively for Republicans in deep blue New York and were credited with producing down-ballot wins throughout the state.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next for Esposito?<\/h3>\n<p>According to a source close to Esposito, she is now considering a House bid. &#8220;Alison Esposito is exploring the different ways she can serve New Yorkers. Running for Congress, among other offices, is definitely on that list,&#8221; the source said.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenging Rep. Pat Ryan<\/h3>\n<p>Esposito is mulling a challenge to Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) in 2024. Ryan represents what&#8217;s become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-obama-enamored-with-beto-orourke-skeptical-of-joe-biden-in-2020-democratic-primary\/\" title=\"Book: Obama \u2018Enamored\u2019 with Beto O\u2019Rourke, Skeptical of Joe Biden in 2020 Democratic Primary\">swing district<\/a> encompassing the Catskills and parts of Hudson Valley, located about 80 miles north of New York City. The Democrat beat Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) in an August 2022 special election for the House seat for the state&#8217;s 19th Congressional district, despite the Republican being ahead in the polls.<\/p>\n<h3>Can Esposito Unseat Ryan?<\/h3>\n<p>Despite being in a swing district, unseating the House Democrat won&#8217;t be an easy feat. Ryan raised an impressive $1.1 million in the first quarter of 2023, Federal Election Commission filings show. He has just over $941,000 cash on hand as of March 31 of this year. Given that Esposito hasn&#8217;t filed to run with the FEC, her finances remain unknown.<\/p>\n<h3>What Do Republicans Think?<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the challenge, one House Republican aide sees Esposito, a gay woman, as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-republican-alison-esposito-considering-challenge-to-democratic-rep-pat-ryan\/\" title=\"NY Republican Alison Esposito may challenge Dem Rep. Pat Ryan.\">strong general election contender<\/a>. &#8220;Esposito would be a wildly impressive candidate with the proven ability to appeal to both staunch Republicans and voters in the middle,&#8221; the GOP operative said.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Esposito&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twice-failed-candidate-beto-orourke-considering-run-for-texas-governor\/\" title=\"Twice-Failed Candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke Considering Run For Texas Governor\">potential challenge<\/a> to Ryan in 2024 is sure to be an interesting race to watch. Will she be able to unseat the House Democrat in a swing district? Only time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alison Esposito, who was New York&#8217;s GOP lieutenant governor candidate last year, is mulling a challenge to Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) in 2024, the Washington Examiner has learned. Esposito is a 25 year veteran of the New York City Police Department who retired from the force last summer to be then-Rep. Lee Zeldin&#8217;s (R-NY) running<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1930768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[26741,7727,6244,26742,9719,7129,3911,8086],"class_list":["post-1930767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-alison","tag-challenge","tag-dem","tag-esposito","tag-pat","tag-rep","tag-republican","tag-ryan"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1930767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1930768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1930767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1930767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1930767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}