Congressional Progressives Endorse Mondaire Jones In Hotly Contested New York Primary

If elected, attorney Mondaire Jones would be the first openly gay Black man in Congress. Mondaire Jones for Congress The Congressional Progressive Caucus’ political action committee has endorsed attorney Mondaire Jones in the hotly contested Democratic primary for New York’s 17th Congressional District, a safe Democratic seat in the suburbs north of New York City. In a statement announcing Friday’s endorsement, Rep. Mark Pocan, a co-chair of the progressive caucus, cited Jones’ upbringing as the son of a single mother who overcame childhood poverty to graduate from Harvard Law School. “The deck is stacked against everyday people because of the vast wealth and other resources corporations can command in service of their agenda.” - Mondaire Jones Jones told HuffPost in an October interview that his legal work “helped me understand how corporations think” and how “the deck is stacked against everyday people because of the vast wealth and other resources corporations can command in service of their agenda.” His best-funded opponents in the primary are Adam Schleifer, a former federal prosecutor and son of a pharmaceutical company founder, and Evelyn Farkas, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense under President Barack Obama. New York state Sen. David Carlucci is further behind in fundraising, but he enjoys high name recognition in a congressional district that includes his Rockland County legislative district.