Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for governor of New York, was attacked on stage during a campaign stop near Rochester.

Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for governor of New York, was attacked during a campaign stop near Rochester

in upstate Monroe County on Thursday night, but escaped unharmed and finished his speech.

According to witnesses and video of the incident, Zeldin, a sitting US congressman from Long Island

was campaigning at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Perinton

when a man jumped on stage and lunged toward the lawmaker with an unknown weapon.

Swipe up to see the official picture of the attack