A man attacked New York Republican gubernatorial nominee Rep. Lee Zeldin at an upstate campaign event Thursday evening, NBC News reports.

Zeldin, who is Jewish, was not harmed in the incident, which occurred as he was speaking at a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Fairport, a village just outside of Rochester, the report said.

The attacker was subdued by members of the audience after he charged Zeldin, WHEC-TV reported.

Source: INN - Photo: Reuters