NEWBURGH – State Senator James Skoufis (D, Cornwall), who has considered either running for Congress or again for the Senate, has decided to stay put.
Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan and Skoufis would have to face off in a Democratic primary for the new District 18 Congressional seat in the fall, and Skoufis said while he believes he could win a primary, “it would no doubt leave our campaign in a bruised position with just two months until November’s challenging general election.”
Skoufis said Republican Assemblyman Colin Schmitt (R, New Windsor), who is running in the 18th Congressional District against Ryan, must be kept from bringing his “demagoguing politics” into the federal government. “This is the man who actively supported the ‘stop the steal’ rally-turned-insurrection, Skoufis said.
Schmitt, meanwhile, said while he has always supported his constituents, while Skoufis ‘has abandoned the Hudson Valley to support the liberal policies advanced by the radical New York City leadership in the State Senate.”
