Paul Kirby reports in the Daily Freeman that Rep. Pat Ryan raised $3,147,028 in campaign money in 2023. Federal Elections Commission reports show Ryan, a Democrat representing the 18th District, had $2,121,915 on hand as of Jan. 1. By contrast, Republican Alison Esposito, a retired New York City police officer and unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in 2022, had no filing for the year by the Jan. 31 deadline, according to the Federal Elections Commission, after she announced her campaign for the Republican nomination for the 18th District in October. The other Republican in the 18th District primary election is Lovleynn Gwinn, a New York City real estate broker who is an Asian Pacific Islander from Hawaii, who raised $14,033 last year and spent $9,240. In the 19th Congressional District, incumbent Republican Rep. Marc Molinaro is running for his second term and raised $2,196,509 in 2023 and has $1,618,916 left over as of Jan. 1. Democrat Josh Riley, who lost to Molinaro in 2022, raised $2,057,381 last year and has $1,468,507 on hand. Democrat Daniel Buttermann is also running, but did not file any financial reports for 2023. Read more about this story in the Daily Freeman.