{"id":75272,"date":"2026-06-23T21:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T02:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/gop-voters-pick-trump-backed-nominee-in-battle-to-flip-crucial-house-seat\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T21:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T02:56:27","slug":"gop-voters-pick-trump-backed-nominee-in-battle-to-flip-crucial-house-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/gop-voters-pick-trump-backed-nominee-in-battle-to-flip-crucial-house-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP voters pick Trump-backed nominee in battle to flip crucial House seat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peter Oberacker, a Trump-backed Republican New York state senator, won a GOP primary on Tuesday evening, securing the GOP nomination to challenge incumbent Rep. Josh Riley<\/a>, D-N.Y.<\/p>\n

New York\u2019s 19th Congressional District, which encompasses an area north of Manhattan, is one of many competitive seats Republicans hope to flip<\/a> as they look to maintain control of the U.S. House of Representatives, where they hold a narrow majority.<\/p>\n

Despite a historically Democratic bent, Republicans last won the district in 2022.<\/p>\n

Oberacker, who has a background in food business, has served as a New York state senator since 2021. In his campaign, he has pitched himself as a pragmatic public servant with a diverse resume.<\/p>\n

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“They say there are two things you should never see being made: laws and sausage. Well, I know both. Service has always called me. As a volunteer firefighter and EMT and as a town supervisor and county legislator,” Oberacker said in a campaign video.<\/a><\/p>\n

Oberacker received President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s endorsement earlier this year.<\/p>\n

“As your next Congressman, he will fight tirelessly to Grow the Economy, Cut Taxes<\/a> and Regulations, Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, Keep our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Ensure LAW AND ORDER, Strengthen our Brave Military\/Veterans, Advance Election Integrity and Protect our always-under-siege Second Amendment,” Trump wrote.<\/p>\n

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Most of Oberacker\u2019s work in the state Senate<\/a> has focused on rural agriculture, farms and ratepayer energy costs. In the past, Oberacker has introduced bills that looked to ban retroactive bills for businesses and a ban on using taxpayer funds to cover corporate losses. He has also spearheaded calls to investigate climbing utility prices.<\/p>\n

“Results matter. That\u2019s why I have introduced several bills as a part of my utility ratepayer bill of rights. This legislation<\/a> requires transparency and accountability from the utilities and gives power back to people \u2014 where it belongs,” Oberacker wrote in a recent post to Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n

He has raised just shy of a million dollars, according to Federal Election Commission records.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Having cleared the primary, Oberacker now heads to the general election,<\/a> where he will face off against Riley on Nov. 3.<\/p>\n

Riley, a first-term representative, won his seat in a narrow 51.1% to 48.8% victory over Rep. Marcus Molinaro, R-N.Y., in<\/a> 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Peter Oberacker, a Trump-backed Republican New York state senator, won a GOP primary on Tuesday evening, securing the GOP nomination to challenge incumbent Rep. Josh Riley, D-N.Y. New York\u2019s 19th Congressional District, which encompasses an area north of Manhattan, is one of many competitive seats Republicans hope to flip as they look to maintain control … 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-75272","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\/75272","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=75272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}