Massa is a "former Republican" who claims to have left the party because of the Iraq war. Born in South Carolina and now living in Corning NY, Massa a former Navy guy served under General (lol) Wesley Clark and he later campaigned for Wesley Clark during Clark's failed presidential bid.
Messa's district extents from the Rochester suburbs in the north to the sparsely populated Southern Tier, from Elmira on west.
Why this guy wishes to control the lives of his constituents even against their will, I'll never understand.