Anti-Trump former CNN anchor John Abron lost his bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in New York's 1st District to incumbent Congressman Nicholas Larota by more than 11 points.
Ninety-eight percent of the district's votes were reported, with The Associated Press recording 217,461 votes. Larota received 55.7% of the votes, topping Avron's 172,700 votes (44.3%).
Avlon left He accepted a senior political analyst position at CNN on February 8 and announced his bid for Congress two weeks later. hill Reported.
In eastern Long Island, which includes parts of Suffolk County and the ultra-wealthy Hamptons, Mr. LaRota will succeed former Rep. Lee Zeldin, a Republican, who left the House to run for governor. Since then, he has served only one term as a member of the Diet. In 2022, he lost to Gov. Kathy Hochul (Democratic).
When Avlon announced his departure from CNN, said It was “to take down Donald Trump and his 'MAGA minions,'” Fox News reported.
Avlon has done the same thing before. deceptive editing Breitbart News reported on the president-elect's comments after the 2017 Charlottesville, Virginia, riots that appeared to refer to neo-Nazis as “very fine people.”
The former CNN analyst conceded the race just after 10:45 a.m. Wednesday.
“Democracy depends on respecting the outcome even if you don't win. Patriotism is loving your country no matter who is president,” he wrote to X.
“I ran for Congress because I was deeply concerned about what this election meant for our country and our communities, and that still remains.”
