Sean Eldridge drops $2 million in cash to “reside” in New York’s 19th District
Well, if you’re going to try and buy a Congressional seat you might as well do it in style with a “Modern Masterpiece in the Catskills.”
Born in Canada and raised in Ohio, 26 year old Eldridge decided that he wanted to establish “roots” in New York’s 19th District just in time to run against the Hudson Valley’s Republican representative Chris Gibson.
So what did Sean do? He dropped close to $2 million in cash to “reside” in NY-19 so that he can run for Congress.
Of course, this shouldn’t come as a surprise from someone who, despite claiming to want to end the influence of money in politics, donated $150,000 to a SuperPac that helped get Democratic candidates elected and pitched in $30,000 to the Democratic National Committee.
But what’s a couple of million to get to Congress when he has close to $700 million at his disposal?
“Sean Eldridge seems to be under the impression that he can buy the 19th District of New York. Well, money may buy him a lot of things, but it can’t buy him the kind of homegrown and bipartisan leadership that the 19th District already has in Congressman Chris Gibson.” – NRCC Spokesman Ian Prior
