NEW YORK - Medal of Honor recipient David Bellavia (bell-uh-VEEH-uh) says he will not run for the 27th Congressional District seat recently vacated by Chris Collins. Collins pleaded guilty in an insider trading case earlier this month and resigned from Congress. An effort to recruit Bellavia to run had been underway for months. Bellavia left the Army in 2005. He is the first living Iraq veteran to receive the Medal of Honor.

Source: thestar October 20, 2019 22:30 UTC