{"id":68647,"date":"2026-03-10T16:55:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/far-left-lawmaker-endorses-candidate-who-boasted-about-voting-with-republicans-80-of-time\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:55:47","slug":"far-left-lawmaker-endorses-candidate-who-boasted-about-voting-with-republicans-80-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/far-left-lawmaker-endorses-candidate-who-boasted-about-voting-with-republicans-80-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Far-left lawmaker endorses candidate who boasted about voting with Republicans 80% of time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rep. Pramila Jayapal<\/a>, D-Wash., a top progressive in Congress, is backing former businessman and Kansas state representative Raj Goyle in his bid to become New York\u2019s next comptroller.<\/p>\n

“I am proud to endorse [Goyle] for New York State Comptroller. Raj has been a lifelong progressive: fighting for immigrant communities, defending reproductive freedom and holding corporations accountable,” Jayapal said in a post to X on Monday.<\/a><\/p>\n

The language of her endorsement seems to clash with Goyle\u2019s characterization of himself as a moderate \u00a0with a track record of agreeing with Republicans on a majority of issues.<\/p>\n

“In the state house, I voted with Republicans<\/a> 80% of the time. I was one of the top five Democrats in agreeing with Republicans. And 89% of the legislation I sponsored, I sponsored with Republicans,” Goyle said in a campaign ad<\/a> he filmed while pursuing Congressional office in Kansas.<\/p>\n

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Goyle has also attracted the support of other progressives besides Jayapal.<\/p>\n

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., another high-ranking progressive in the House, endorsed Goyle late last year. When asked about his support, Khanna\u2019s office said the pair\u2019s relationship spanned years.<\/p>\n

“Rep. Khanna has known Raj Goyle for decades and appreciated his commitment to public service and working-class Americans,” Khanna\u2019s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Goyle, who has an Indian heritage, also shares similar backgrounds with Jayapal and Khanna as a fellow South Asian Democrat.<\/p>\n

Notably, he has not received an endorsement from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani \u2014 another key progressive Democrat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Goyle previously represented Kansas\u2019 87th state district in the state\u2019s House of Representatives as a Democrat from 2007-2011. In 2010, he would wage a bid for Kansas\u2019 4th Congressional District, raising $1.8 million for his bid, according to FEC records.<\/a> Ultimately, he would lose out to Republican candidate Mike Pompeo.<\/p>\n

Pompeo beat out Goyle in a 58.8% – 36.5% victory.<\/p>\n

After his loss, Boyle would go on to found Bodhala, a business and legal analysis firm headquartered in New York City, before eventually selling the company<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n

Now, as he pursues the New York Comptroller Office, in which capacity he would become the state\u2019s chief fiscal officer, Goyle has pitched himself as a progressive who bucked the trend in a red-leaning state.<\/p>\n

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“During his four years in the Kansas legislature, Raj voted down the line as a pro-labor, pro-choice and anti-NRA progressive,” Goyle wrote on his website.<\/a><\/p>\n

“His votes and advocacy supported working families, reduced healthcare costs, improved public schools and fought for immigration justice and clean energy \u2014 all in a deep-red state.”<\/p>\n

Goyle and Jayapal did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., a top progressive in Congress, is backing former businessman and Kansas state representative Raj Goyle in his bid to become New York\u2019s next comptroller. “I am proud to endorse [Goyle] for New York State Comptroller. Raj has been a lifelong progressive: fighting for immigrant communities, defending reproductive freedom and holding corporations … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}