Pediatrician Faces Challenge of Defeating Popular Latimer With Seat in Congress On the Line

Flisser, who served one term as mayor of Scarsdale from 2011 to 2013, describes herself as “a pediatrician not a politician.”
George Latimer and Dr. Miriam Flisser
George Latimer faces Dr. Miriam Flisser with a seat in Congress on the line.


Correction: This article was updated on Oct. 11 at 11:18 p.m. to reflect that Miriam Flisser lives in Scarsdale not Rye.

Other than both being longtime Westchester residents, there aren’t many similarities between the two candidates running for Congress in the 16th Congressional District.

Dr. Miriam Flisser, who is politically unaffiliated, was drafted by Westchester Republicans to be their candidate for the same office a second time (she lost 64 percent to 36 percent to Congressman Jamaal Bowman in 2022).

George Latimer, a longtime leader of Westchester County Democrats and the presumptive pick to win in November, overwhelmingly defeated Bowman in the heavily Democratic 16th District this year after a bruising primary, winning 59 percent of the vote.

Flisser, who served one term as mayor of Scarsdale — where she lives — from 2011 to 2013, describes herself as “a pediatrician not a politician.” She has a private medical practice and is the medical director of the Bronxville school system.

Latimer, after spending several years as a marketing executive in the hospitality industry, has made politics his career; over the last 37 years, he has been elected to the Rye City Council, the New York State Assembly, the New York State Senate, and his current post, Westchester County Executive.

Flisser says she is a centrist, but holds many of the views popular this year among conservative Republicans on issues such as migration, crime, and education.

Latimer calls himself a progressive Democrat. His campaign emphasizes his stands on abortion, gun control, marriage equality, and green infrastructure investments.

Flisser’s campaign had raised less than $20,000 as of June 30, the last information available from the Federal Election Commission. She told The Rye Record recently that she didn’t know how much had been raised since, saying “I have volunteers who take care of that.” But she added that, to her knowledge, it wasn’t a great deal of money.

As of June 30, the Latimer campaign had raised $6.4 million. The bulk of that amount was spent in his heated primary battle against Bowman. During the primary, independent spending by political action committees supporting Latimer exceeded $14 million. As of June 30, the Latimer campaign had $756,380 in its war chest.

Aware that the 16th District has consistently elected Democrats for decades, Flisser acknowledged she is the underdog.

“I hope to win, but even if I don’t, I will continue to work as a volunteer in our community,” she said.

Latimer expressed confidence he will prevail on November 5, but said he does not take that outcome for granted. To illustrate his point, Latimer held up the calendar on his phone showing he was scheduled to make close to a dozen public appearances that same day.

Flisser and Latimer will participated in a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters at the White Plains Library on Oct. 17 at 8:30 pm.

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