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Lee Zeldin's campaign says GOP candidate for governor targeted by antisemitic death threat

Zeldin campaign says GOP candidate target of antisemitic death threat
Zeldin campaign says GOP candidate target of antisemitic death threat 00:29

NEW YORK -- Republican U.S. Rep. and nominee for New York governor Lee Zeldin's campaign said he was the target of an antisemitic death threat. 

A swastika was spray-painted with the number 187 on a Zeldin campaign sign in Huntington. The number refers to murder in the California penal code and is often understood as a death threat. 

If elected, Zeldin would be New York's first Jewish Republican governor. 

A campaign spokesperson said in part, "This type of raw hate must never have any home on Long Island or anywhere else."

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