{"id":1964396,"date":"2023-07-05T08:53:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T12:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-rep-mondaire-jones-announces-run-for-his-old-seat\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T08:53:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T12:53:40","slug":"former-rep-mondaire-jones-announces-run-for-his-old-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-rep-mondaire-jones-announces-run-for-his-old-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Mondaire Jones declares candidacy for former seat."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fformer-rep-mondaire-jones-announces-run-for-his-old-seat%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=1964396&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 New York Rep. Mondaire Jones Announces Bid for Congressional Seat<\/h2>\n<p>Former New York Representative Mondaire Jones is making a comeback, running for his old congressional seat after losing reelection in the primary. Jones, an attorney, served in Congress for one term after being elected in 2020 to New York\u2019s 17th Congressional District. Despite facing a crowded primary, he emerged victorious in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impossible-gop-picked-up-seats-in-house-picked-up-state-legislatures-picked-up-governorship-held-the-senate-but-sniffy-joe-won-not-a-chance\/\" title=\"IMPOSSIBLE: GOP Picked Up Seats in House, Picked Up State Legislatures, Picked Up Governorship, Held the Senate -- But Sniffy Joe Won?... NOT A CHANCE\">general election<\/a> with a commanding lead of over 24 points.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenges and Determination<\/h3>\n<p>However, in 2022, due to redistricting and the decision by Sean Patrick Maloney, the former representative and chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, to run in the 17th District, Jones decided to shift his focus to the 10th District. Unfortunately, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-rep-mondaire-jones-announces-run-for-his-old-seat\/\" title=\"Mondaire Jones declares candidacy for former seat.\">faced tough competition<\/a> in a 13-way primary and lost.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Jones is determined to reclaim his old seat, challenging the vulnerable freshman Republican who has become a top target for Democrats this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">election cycle<\/a>. In his announcement video, Jones boldly declares, &#8220;I have never been Washington&#8217;s choice because I stand up to corruption. Most people in Washington didn&#8217;t grow up like me. They have no idea what it&#8217;s like to struggle. We need to get Washington back on the side of working people. I know we can do better. For me, this is personal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>A Competitive Primary<\/h3>\n<p>In the upcoming primary, Jones will face Liz Gereghty, the sister of Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) and a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/44-san-francisco-schools-to-see-name-changes\/\" title=\"44 San Francisco schools to see name changes\">school board member<\/a> within the 17th District. It promises to be a challenging race as both candidates vie for the opportunity to represent their party in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>According to Federal Election Commission records, as of April, Jones has $50,123 in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-calls-embattled-republican-lawmaker-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"President Trump Calls Embattled Republican Lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene\">campaign account<\/a>, ready to fuel his bid for the congressional seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former New York Rep. Mondaire Jones, an attorney, is running for his previous congressional seat. He served one term after winning the 2020 election for New York&#8217;s 17th Congressional District. Despite losing in the primary, Jones aims to secure victory after navigating a competitive eight-way race in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1964397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[],"class_list":["post-1964396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1964396","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=1964396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}