NY-24: Dana Balter: The making of a Democratic contender for Congress
Since winning the Democratic nomination in the 24th Congressional District for a second time, Dana Balter has released nine television commercials. The campaign ads largely focus on policy issues, but a few of them help tell the candidate's personal story.
One ad highlights Balter's experience as a bartender and server at a college bar near Northwestern University in Illinois. Another, which features her speaking to the camera, relays her story of nearly going bankrupt because of health care debt.
These are among the most important moments of Balter's life. In two interviews with The Citizen, she detailed her upbringing, her college job, the decision to move to central New York, the debilitating head injury she suffered, her return to Syracuse and how those events led her to where she is today: A serious contender in one of the most competitive congressional races in the country.
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