{"id":75266,"date":"2026-06-23T20:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/ex-cop-and-9-11-first-responder-secures-dem-nod-in-bid-to-unseat-firebrand-conservative\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T20:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:55:38","slug":"ex-cop-and-9-11-first-responder-secures-dem-nod-in-bid-to-unseat-firebrand-conservative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/ex-cop-and-9-11-first-responder-secures-dem-nod-in-bid-to-unseat-firebrand-conservative\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-cop and 9\/11 first responder secures Dem nod in bid to unseat firebrand conservative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael DeCillis, a former New York<\/a> Police Department officer, won a Democratic primary on Tuesday evening, securing his party\u2019s nomination to take on incumbent Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y.<\/p>\n

The race is among many pivotal matchups set to determine the balance of power in the House of Representatives, where Republicans hold a slim majority. Although New York Republicans have often found themselves the target of Democratic efforts to flip seats, DeCillis faces an uphill challenge in November.<\/p>\n

DeCillis has argued that congressional resistance to President Donald Trump<\/a> is key to preventing executive overreach.<\/p>\n

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“He understands that our democracy is disappearing in real time,” DeCillis\u2019 campaign website reads.<\/a><\/p>\n

“In the next Congress, Mike will fight to build guardrails to protect our rights and ensure the government serves everyone \u2014 not just billionaires.”<\/p>\n

Throughout his campaign, DeCillis has touted his diverse background in public service and deep ties to the community in New York, pointing out that he is a fourth-generation Staten Islander and a third-generation union member<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve worked in EMS as a paramedic for over a decade, was a 9\/11 first responder, helping firefighters at Ground Zero,<\/a> I\u2019ve walked the streets of New York City as a police officer and taught as a special education teacher in our public schools,” DeCillis said in a campaign video.<\/a><\/p>\n

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DeCillis has run for the seat twice before \u2014 once in 2018 and in 2022. In both races, he dropped out before the general election<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now in his third challenge, DeCillis is painting Malliotakis as a MAGA-aligned Republican, out of touch with the split voter demographic<\/a> in the state, and calling her a “MAGA loyalist.”<\/p>\n

“President Trump and Republicans like Nicole Malliotakis are destroying democracy at home and diplomacy and security abroad,” DeCillis said in a post to X.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Malliotakis last won reelection in 2024 with a 63.8% to 35.8% victory over Democratic challenger Andrea Morse, an attorney and small-business owner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having cleared the primary, DeCillis will face off against Malliotakis in the Nov. 3 general election.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael DeCillis, a former New York Police Department officer, won a Democratic primary on Tuesday evening, securing his party\u2019s nomination to take on incumbent Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y. The race is among many pivotal matchups set to determine the balance of power in the House of Representatives, where Republicans hold a slim majority. Although New … 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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75266","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\/75266","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=75266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}