Can a conservative Jewish Republican find political happiness on New York’s Long Island?

The House GOP hopes so. The leadership is descending upon the island’s East End and its wealthy Hamptons enclaves to boost the candidacy of state Sen. Lee Zeldin in his challenge to six-term Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop.

If elected, the 34-year-old Zeldin would be the lone Jewish Republican in Congress, filling a major void after the stunning primary defeat and departure of former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia.

Speaker John Boehner has traveled to New York to lend a campaign hand. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will be there next week.

Zeldin faces a formidable task in trying to upend Bishop, who has fought off multiple GOP attempts to unseat him in a true swing district.

(AP)