Republican candidate for New York governor Lee Zeldin attacked at event
by Associated Press from on (#61P12)
Zeldin, who is unharmed, was giving speech when a man climbed onstage and appeared to begin wrestling with him
US Representative Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor running against Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul, was attacked by a man who apparently tried to stab him at an upstate event Thursday, but the congressman managed to escape uninjured, his campaign said.
Zeldin was giving a speech when a man climbed onstage and appeared to begin wrestling with the congressman, said Katie Vincentz, a spokesperson for his campaign.
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