SUFFERN- Add another candidate to the growing list of potential challengers against Congressman Mike Lawler.

Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel John Cappello has become the eighth Democrat to announce his candidacy in the 17 th Congressional District that encompasses all of Putnam and Rockland Counties in addition to sections of Dutchess and Westchester.

Cappello, who was raised in Suffern, spent more than 25 years serving as a B-1 bomber pilot, Air Force Academy professor, and in senior roles at the embassies in Israel and Serbia.

Cappello has decided to run because: “At this time, when so many people are feeling opportunities are increasingly out of reach and Congress is abdicating its responsibilities, I feel my own responsibility to step up, give back, and serve so future generation

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