National GOP names Malliotakis ‘Young Gun’
BAY RIDGE — In a sign that the race between incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Max Rose and Republican challenger Nicole Malliotakis is drawing national attention a year ahead of the 2020 election, the National Republican Congressional Committee has named Malliotakis one of its “Young Guns.”
Young Guns is a recruitment program that identifies candidates across the country demonstrating signs of running a successful campaign to win House seats. Young Guns are offered assistance by the NRCC in their campaigns. Candidates from all across the country clamor to be included in the program.
Young Guns is broken into different levels containing measurable goals that candidates have to achieve to advance in the program. The first step is the “On the Radar” program, in which candidates have to show that they can raise significant funds for their election campaigns.