Mid-Hudson News reports that former President Bill Clinton stumped this week for Democrat Congressional candidates in the Hudson Valley. Earlier in the week Clinton was in Nyack campaigning for Representative Sean Patrick Maloney in the 17th Congressional District. Then on Nov. 2 Clinton stumped for Democratic congressional hopeful Josh Riley in Sullivan County in his contest with Republican Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro in the 19th Congressional District. Also on Nov. 2, Clinton was at the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor, getting a tour from Congressperson Pat Ryan. “If the voters send him to Congress from this district, he will be the first West Point graduate ever to represent West Point in Congress,” the former president said. Ryan currently represents the 19th Congressional District, but redistricting has him in the 18th Congressional District election this fall. Ryan mentioned the threat election result-denying Republicans are too democracy this fall. “And the people who were wounded in combat fighting for our democracy would want us to be fighting now here at home as we’re seeing threats to voting rights, as we’re seeing threats to reproductive rights, so this all ties together and for me, having gone to West Point a few miles from here, having grown up here, to see the Hudson Valley now at the center of the fight for our democracy, it was an honor to have the president here to be with us in that fight,” Ryan said. Political observers say the results of these Hudson Valley elections will determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives in January. Voting continues on Nov. 4, Nov. 5, Nov. 6, and Nov. 8. Read the full story at Mid-Hudson News.