Former CNN senior political analyst and host John Avron has filed to run for Congress just two weeks after announcing his departure from the struggling news network.
He will go before voters as a Democrat in New York’s 1st Congressional District, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) entries. report Written by The Hill.
Avron’s decision to run for Congress, a former editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast, comes as he looks beyond CNN, the network he joined in 2010 before becoming a full-time employee in 2018, he announced on February 8. The decision was made after it was announced that there would be. .
Avlon made his intentions clear on social media, saying Donald Trump was his primary target.
It’s official: I’m running for Congress. #NY01 Because there is too much at stake for the country and community I love. Long Island families deserve someone who will fight for their values, not Trump’s values. It’s time for all of us to get off the sidelines. Please join us. https://t.co/fMu8RdLyBL pic.twitter.com/RHWAam8yif
— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) February 21, 2024
This isn’t the first time Avlon has turned to Trump.
As reported by Breitbart News, in November 2020, Trump said on “Outfront” that he was “sick” and “delusional” for claiming he won the 2020 presidential election.
In 2022, he responded to the Republican National Committee’s decision to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates.
Avlon said the withdrawal was a “major event” and “another blow to our democracy.”
How do we know for sure that the RNC pulling out of the debate committee is big news for conservatives? The answer… https://t.co/H3TdcrjV0x
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 15, 2022
The Hill report details that Avlon will face former state Sen. James Gaughlan and former New York City administrative law judge Craig Herskowitz, who also worked in the administration of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. states.
Organic chemist Nancy Goroff is also running in the primary after losing to Zeldin by 11 points in 2020.
New York’s 1st Congressional District covers the eastern portion of Long Island and Suffolk County and is considered a purple swing seat.
