Meet Jumaane Williams, Lieutenant Governor Hopeful

09/05/18 • 30 min

Jumaane Williams, candidate for lieutenant governor of New York and city council member for the 45th District, talks about his campaign for New York State lieutenant governor -- the policies and issues he hits on include: legalizing marijuana, marriage equality & abortion, rezonings, fracking, free college tuition and more.

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Political Campaigns and Childcare

Liuba Grechen Shirley is the Democrat hoping to best longtime New York Republican Congressman Pete King in the race for his seat. Like many other women across the country Grechen Shirley became motivated to run for office in the fallout from the 2016 presidential election.

“I needed to stand up and say something and I decided running for office would be the best way to do that,” she said.

But she also needed childcare for her two young children while she and her husband worked full time. Last spring, she went to Washington to ask the Federal Election Commission for permission to spend campaign funds on a babysitter.

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Rev. Franklin Graham, Stalwart in Trump's Corner

Franklin Graham has no issue with showing his full-fledged support for President Trump. Graham tells the New Yorker staff writer Eliza Griswold that Trump’s critics have forgotten that “he’s our President. If he succeeds, you’re going to benefit.”