NY congressional candidate found dead weeks after dropping out of race
By Mark Lungariello
September 7, 2021
A former New York congressional candidate died in an apparent suicide Tuesday — less than two weeks after he dropped his bid for the US House, government officials and reports said.
Afghanistan war veteran Kyle Van De Water, 41, who ran last year for a House seat that represents part of the mid-Hudson Valley region of New York, was found dead in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, MidHudsonNews.com reported.
Sources told the publication his death was under investigation as a “likely suicide.”
Van De Water had run as a Republican last year in an unsuccessful bid to unseat US Rep. Antonio Delgado and he had briefly thrown his hat in the ring for a second congressional run.
The Bronze Star-awarded veteran ran as a proud family man, posting photos with his wife, Melissa, and their four children: triplets Thomas, Lincoln and Annabelle, and younger son Levi, according to HudsonValley360.
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