Member of Congress, 1st District — Democratic: John Avlon

John Avlon

Democrat

BACKGROUND:

• Avlon, 51, of Sag Harbor, is a journalist, political commentator and author who left his job at CNN in February to run for Congress.
• He has served as editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast, a senior fellow at the nonprofit Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and has written books about American presidents.
• Avlon received a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from Yale University in 1996 and an MBA from Columbia University in 2006.

ISSUES:

• Avlon says he stands against extremism and for protection of Democracy.
• He says he is focused on addressing the high cost of living, and backs full restoration of the state and local tax (SALT) deduction.
• He backs protection of reproductive rights. “It's outrageous that a young woman in America today has fewer rights than her mother did,” he said.

By Vera Chinese

vera.chinese@newsday.com@VeraChinese

Vera Chinese joined Newsday in 2017 after working as an editor for the East End lifestyle publication northforker and a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News.