ICYMI: Representative Mike Lawler is showing up for New York’s Orthodox Jewish voters

ICYMI: Representative Mike Lawler is showing up for New York's Orthodox Jewish voters

In case you missed it… Representative Mike Lawler is showing up for New York's Orthodox Jewish voters.

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Why New York's Orthodox Jewish Voters Could Tip the Battle for the House
The New York Times
October 22, 2024

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Representative Mike Lawler, yet another Republican on the front lines, took advantage of a break in the Jewish high holidays to tour a kosher shopping center here in Monsey, trying on yarmulkes and posing for selfies.

Where candidates spend precious campaign hours says a lot about who they believe may decide a race. And in the final weeks before Election Day, three of the most endangered congressmen keep showing up at the same places: the rapidly expanding ultra-Orthodox Jewish enclaves of New York's Hudson Valley.

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The investment reflects just how important Jewish voters across the religious spectrum have become in races aroundNew York this year, as war rages in the Middle East and rising antisemitism scrambles political alliances at home.

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Mr. Lawler, on the other hand, has been ubiquitous. He visited New Square in June with Speaker Johnson, who called the cause of the yeshivas "an essential fight." Residents said he has also shown up for ribbon cuttings, bar mitzvahs and home-cooked meals.

"I've seen Lawler more times than I've seen my rabbi," said Yossi Gestetner, a public relations executive and a registered Democrat in the district.

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