SCHODACK, N.Y. (AP) — Hip-hop, health care and Brett Kavanaugh have emerged as issues in a tight congressional race in New York's Hudson Valley.
The race in the 19th Congressional District pits freshman Republican Rep. John Faso against Democrat Antonio Delgado, a rapper-turned-corporate lawyer seeking his first political office.
Delgado's top talking point is providing universal access to Medicare. His supporters say Republicans have obsessed over the lyrics Delgado rapped during his brief hip-hop career more than a decade ago and labeled him an outsider and a "big-city liberal."
Faso touts his record on issues such as health care and the opioid crisis. He says his conservative voters have been energized by the contentious fight over the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
