{"id":2028365,"date":"2023-09-11T17:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T21:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-gold-medal-figure-skater-sarah-hughes-decides-against-run-for-ny-congressional-seat\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T17:32:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T21:32:48","slug":"olympic-gold-medal-figure-skater-sarah-hughes-decides-against-run-for-ny-congressional-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-gold-medal-figure-skater-sarah-hughes-decides-against-run-for-ny-congressional-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Hughes, Olympic gold-medal figure skater, opts out of NY congressional race."},"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\">24<\/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%2Folympic-gold-medal-figure-skater-sarah-hughes-decides-against-run-for-ny-congressional-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=2028365&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Olympic Gold \u200cMedalist \u200dSarah \u2064Hughes Decides Not \u2064to Run for Congress<\/h2>\n<p>NEW YORK\u2014In\u2063 an \u200bexciting \u2062turn of events,\u2064 Olympic gold medalist Sarah \u2062Hughes has \u2062made \u200bthe decision not to\u2064 run for \u2064Congress. This comes as several other Democrats \u2063are also \u2062vying for a Long \u200cIsland seat,\u200d hoping to unseat the Republican incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>Ms.\u200d Hughes, renowned for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-gold-medal-figure-skater-sarah-hughes-decides-against-run-for-ny-congressional-seat\/\" title=\"Sarah Hughes, Olympic gold-medal figure skater, opts out of NY congressional race.\">incredible figure skating performance<\/a> at the 2002\u2062 Winter Olympics, \u200btook to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> to announce her decision about running for New York\u2019s\u200d 4th Congressional\u2064 District. Although news \u200cof\u200d her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armed-gunmen-help-ban-qaddafi-son-from-libya-presidential-election\/\" title=\"Armed Gunmen Help Ban Qaddafi Son from Libya Presidential Election\">filing paperwork<\/a> for a run\u2064 had surfaced \u200cin May, she revealed her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/updated-vote-counts-give-adams-narrow-lead-following-tuesdays-debacle\/\" title=\"Updated Vote Counts Give Adams Narrow Lead Following Tuesday\u2019s Debacle\">final choice<\/a>\u2062 on Friday. Anthony D\u2019Esposito, a Long Island Republican, currently holds the seat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those \u200binterested, I have decided not \u200bto run for Congress at this time,&#8221; she shared on X, formerly \u2064known as \u2062Twitter. \u201cLike many Americans,\u200d I \u200dhave become \u2064increasingly frustrated with the state of our politics and politicians over the last several years. I will continue to\u200d advocate for reducing healthcare costs, promoting the effective use of\u2063 our \u2062tax dollars, and \u200cimplementing \u200dpro-growth and innovative economic policies for our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/in-hanoi-biden-deepens-relations-with-vietnam-hoping-to-expand-economic-reach-into-chinas-backyard-5489183\">In\u2064 Hanoi, Biden\u200c Deepens Relations With Vietnam, Hoping to Expand Economic Reach Into China\u2019s Backyard<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/10\/2023<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/judge-orders-michigan-county-to-pay-10000-to-election-integrity-group-over-foia-practices-5488450\">Judge Orders Michigan County to\u2063 Pay $10,000 to Election Integrity Group\u200c Over FOIA Practices<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/9\/2023<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A website for her campaign \u2063was not accepting donations. An email was sent\u2063 seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Hughes was only 16 years old\u2062 when \u2062she won \u200dher \u200dmedal\u2062 at the Olympic \u200dGames in Salt Lake City, Utah. She pursued \u2062her education at Yale University,\u2064 earning\u200d her undergraduate degree, and later obtained her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-new-legal-team-for-impeachment-defense-after-previous-team-collapsed\/\" title=\"Trump Announces New Legal Team For Impeachment Defense After Previous Team Collapsed\">law degree<\/a> from the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>After working as an associate at the prestigious Manhattan-based corporate \u2062law firm Proskauer Rose \u200dfor \u200bthree years, she is currently studying for an MBA at \u2063Stanford University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes won&#8217;t run for Congress in a Long Island race. Several Democrats are competing to unseat the current Republican representative. Hughes, a figure skating champion at the 2002 Winter Olympics, made her decision public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2028366,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2028365","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\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2028366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}