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   ALBANY, N.Y. — Rep. Chris Jacobs has announced he will not seek   
   another term in Congress, after the Republican faced rising   
   backlash from the right following his announcement last week   
   that he would support new gun control measures.   
      
   “It would be an incredibly divisive election for both the   
   Republican Party and the people of the 23rd District,” Jacobs   
   said Friday afternoon at a press conference in Buffalo. “The   
   last thing we need is an incredibly negative half-truth filled   
   media attack funded by millions of dollars of special interest   
   money coming into our community around this issue of guns and   
   gun violence and gun control.”   
      
   Jacobs’ departure from the race will likely lead to a scramble   
   among Republicans in what will now be an open contest in New   
   York’s reddest seat.   
      
   Jacobs, a resident of suburban Buffalo, has spent the past two   
   years representing a seat in the northwest corner of the state.   
   Hours after new maps were released on May 21, he announced plans   
   to run for a new district along New York’s border with   
   Pennsylvania, which most closely resembles the seat that was   
   recently vacated by Republican Tom Reed.   
      
   In the aftermath of a shooting at a supermarket near his   
   district, he declared he would support measures such as a ban on   
   semiautomatic rifles and a new minimum age of 18 to purchase   
   firearms.   
      
   That quickly led to an uproar among his fellow Republicans.   
      
   “I was very surprised by Congressman Jacobs’ surprise   
   announcement,” state GOP Chair Nick Langworthy told reporters in   
   Albany earlier this week. “I think everybody was caught very   
   flat-footed by his adopting the Democrat position on gun   
   control.”   
      
   Langworthy has spent recent days taking steps toward a possible   
   campaign of his own.   
      
   There’s a chance the race could get crowded. Buffalo developer   
   Carl Paladino, the 2010 GOP gubernatorial nominee, told Spectrum   
   News earlier Friday he would run if Jacobs ended his bid.   
      
   Paladino was endorsed by fellow New York Republican Elise   
   Stefanik less than an hour after Jacobs bowed out.   
      
   “I am proud to announce my endorsement of my friend Carl   
   Paladino,” she said in a statement. “Carl is a job creator and   
   conservative outsider who will provide Western New York and the   
   Southern Tier with strong representation and leadership. Carl   
   will be a tireless fighter for the people of New York in our   
   fight to put America First to save the country.”   
      
   Any primary elections for the seat will be held Aug. 23. That   
   same day, there will be a special election to finish off Reed’s   
   term in the term in the overlapping seat. At least before   
   Jacobs’ departure, Republicans had been eyeing a placeholder   
   candidate for that special election.   
      
   https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/03/jacobs-reelection-gun-   
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