U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for governor of New York, was assaulted at a campaign event on June 28. David G. Jakubonis, 43, has been charged with assaulting Zeldin with a sharp object and could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

Authorities said that Jakubonis climbed onto the stage outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Baldwin, NY, near Rochester, and approached Zeldin with a pointed object. Videos of the incident show the attacker attempting to lunge toward Zeldin, but people in the crowd and behind the stage jumped in to respond. Zeldin sustained a minor scrape in the incident. Jakubonis is being held, pending a hearing.