Republican campaign operatives are targeting a vulnerable Democratic lawmaker who is behind a new push to reduce energy costs and asserting that he’s responsible for rising rates.
The overlap in messaging is the latest indicator that both parties are zeroing in on affordability as a core midterm issue.
Representing the highly contested 19th district north of New York City, Democratic Rep. Josh Riley has made utility prices a theme of his first term in Congress.
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Riley posts on social media about how the area’s electric utility, New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG), “is bleeding our communities dry” and has raised rates “to ship off more of our hard-earned money to Iberdrola and Spain.”
