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Chris Jacobs is a candidate for New York State Senate District 60. He currently serves as Erie County Clerk.

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Chris Jacobs
stated on November 19, 2021 in a radio interview:

“This one here has subsidies for people making as much as $800,000 to be able to buy a Tesla.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 26, 2021
Chris Jacobs
stated on January 7, 2021 in a television interview:

“There were several states where outside actors dramatically changed the rules of the road, so to speak, two weeks out, one week out, on how elections would be run.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 14, 2021
Chris Jacobs
stated on October 21, 2020 in a debate:

"I am for protecting pre-existing conditions. … I actually co-sponsored legislation to do just that."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 30, 2020
Chris Jacobs
stated on October 22, 2020 in campaign mailer:

“While serving as Town Supervisor, Nate McMurray voted to raise taxes on homeowners.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 28, 2020
Chris Jacobs
stated on June 17, 2020 in an ad:

“As a lawyer working in Korea, Nate McMurray helped send American jobs to Asia”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 20, 2020

Chris Collins
stated on May 21, 2019 in a fundraising email:

Says Chris Jacobs is a "Never Trumper."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 31, 2019
Matt Tighe
stated on September 25, 2016 in a story in The Buffalo News:

Chris Jacobs "has been financed by the same men who are now facing charges in one of Western New York’s largest public corruption schemes"

By Dan Clark • October 7, 2016

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