Rep. Brandon Williams, R-Sennett, will face state Sen. John Mannion, D-Geddes, in the 22nd Congressional District election.
Staff and provided Trish LaMonte | tlamonte@syracuse.com Dear reader, The race for Congress in the new 22nd District in Central New York is going to be one of the most closely watched in the country this election season, as it will likely help determine which party controls the House next year. On Tuesday night, we are hosting the first debate between Central New York’s congressional candidates in partnership with the S.
I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. I asked Chris Baker, who is moderating the debate and is also a news editor for syracuse.
com and The Post-Standard, to give our readers a preview of what to expect in the debate between Republican incumbent Brandon Williams and Democratic challenger John Mannion. “Last week, we did a side-by-side comparison of both candidates’ positions on a dozen issues at play in this race, from abortion to the economy to immigration to climate change,” Chris told me. “We’ll cover many of those issues in the debate and give these two a chance to discuss their differences face-to-face.
” The questions for the debate were written by Chris and syracuse.com’s Washington reporter Mark Weiner. “We spent time combing through each man’s public record to see what he has said and how he has voted in the past so we can develop specific, targeted questions for each on policy and .