Mondaire Jones allies make last-ditch bid to knock spoiler lefty candidate off NY ballot in race against GOP Rep. Mike Lawler

Democratic allies of ex-New York Congressman Mondaire Jones filed a lawsuit in an 11th-hour bid to knock a “spoiler” Working Families Party candidate off the ballot — in a race where a recent campaign poll showed him slightly trailing first-term Republican Rep.Mike Lawler.Westchester State Supreme Judge Janet Malone issued a restraining order Wednesday barring the election boards in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and other counties in the lower Hudson Valley’s 17th District from issuing ballots to voters with WFP candidate Anthony Frascone’s name on it until she rules in the case.A hearing is scheduled for Monday.Frascone, 54, a construction executive from Congers in Rockland County, came out of nowhere to defeat Jones for the left-leaning WFP ballot line in a June primary — a stinging embarrassment to the former politician and the WFP.Democrats and the WFP see Frascone a potential spoiler who could siphon votes and tip the election to the more conservative Lawler, who is seeking re-election to a second term, over the more liberal Jones. The WFP ballot line garnered 6,000 votes in the 2020 House campaign, a number that could make the difference between a Democrat winning and losing what is categorized as a “toss-up” race by the Cook Report.A recent campaign poll disclosed by the Jones campaign showed him trailing Lawler by a slim 3 points — 46% to 43% with Frascone at 5%.Without Frascone on the ballot, Lawler’s lead shrinks to just two points — 47% to 45%.Lawler is running with the backing of the Conservative Party, giving him a second ballot line for Republicans to win more right-leaning voters.The lawsuit filed Tuesday by election lawyer Keith Corbett — who successfully had independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr.

thrown off the ballot over failure to establish residency — said Frascone should be disqualified because he’s a convicted felon in an insurance scam.Frascone was indicted by a grand jury in 2022 for lying ...