https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-suozzi-pilip-special-election-be0140979ca3050921579e90507bfe1f Democrat Tom Suozzi won a special election for a U.S. House seat in New York on Tuesday, coming out on top in a politically mixed suburban district in a victory that could lift his party’s hopes heading into a fiercely contested presidential election later this year.
Suozzi defeated Republican Mazi Pilip to take the seat that was left vacant when George Santos, also a Republican, was expelled from Congress. The victory marks a return to Washington for Suozzi, who represented the district for three terms before giving it up to run, unsuccessfully, for governor.
It’s unclear how long his next stint on Capitol Hill will last, as a redistricting process unfolds that could reshape the district. But for now the result narrows the already slim Republican majority in the House. And it provides Democrats a much-needed win in New York City’s Long Island suburbs, where the GOP showed surprising strength in recent elections.
Pilip conceded the race and said she congratulated Suozzi in a phone call Tuesday night.
“Yes we lost, but it doesn’t mean we are going to end here,” Pilip told supporters at her election watch party.
Suozzi’s win will likely reassure Democrats that they can perform well in suburban communities across the nation, which will be critical to the party’s efforts to retake control of the U.S. House and reelect President Joe Biden.
Still, forecasting for November could be complicated given that turnout, already expected to be low given the abbreviated race, was potentially hampered by a storm that dumped several inches of snow on the district on election day. Both campaigns offered voters free rides to the polls as plows cleared wet slush from the roads.
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On the campaign trail, Suozzi, a political centrist, leaned into some of the same issues that Republicans have used to bash Democrats, calling for tougher U.S. border policies and a rollback of New York laws that made it tougher for judges to detain criminal suspects awaiting trial. His win will likely reassure Democrats that they can perform well in suburban communities across the nation, which will be critical to the party’s efforts to retake control of the U.S. House and reelect President Joe Biden. Still, forecasting for November could be complicated given that turnout, already expected to be low given the abbreviated race, was potentially hampered by a storm that dumped several inches of snow on the district on election day. Both campaigns offered voters free rides to the polls as plows cleared wet slush from the roads. In the short term, the result could be a factor in ultratight votes in the House, where Republicans hold just a 219-212 majority. In an example of how important one seat can be, House Republicans voted Tuesday night to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by a single vote, punishing the Biden administration over its border policies. The unusual midwinter election became necessary after Santos was ousted by his colleagues in December, partway through his first term. Santos won office in what had been a reliably Democratic district partly by falsely portraying himself as an American success story — a son of working class immigrants who made himself into a wealthy Wall Street dealmaker. But many elements of Santos’ life story were later exposed as fabrications, and he was indicted on multiple charges including allegations he stole money from Republican donors. He has pleaded not guilty. With no time for a primary before the special election, Democrats nominated Suozzi, a political centrist well known to voters in the district.
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The walls are closing in Rightiebros..
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When does he get sworn in?
GOP HonRatingmeter: 1.Romney 2.Santos 3.Abe Lincoln
GOP HonRatingmeter: 1.Romney 2.Santos 3.Abe Lincoln Wed 14 Feb 2024 10:27:21 No. 1266723 Report Quoted By:
>>1266653 George Santos was the most honest politician the GOP had after Romney.
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>>1266653 >U.S. House seat in New York, a heavily blue state, went blue >special election >This is a blue wave Democrats are terrified of this election year
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>>1266749 Check the district retard
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Adding Massapequa ("MAGApequa") to the district (which voted Santos in) and then losing this hard should not be a comfort. Whoever is doing polling should fucking retire, they have absolutely no idea what they are talking about any more. A 15% swing is insane in only two years.
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>>1266749 I wish I was this blissfully ignorant and naive
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>>1266653 >heading into a fiercely contested presidential election Biden and the Democrats have done nothing but win since his election. Despite the pro-Trump propaganda from the mainstream media and twitter/facebook. And the media continue to pretend that the Republicans haven't lost everything in the last 4 years.
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Mooooom... Biden is winning again
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>>1266846 Yes, Biden and the businesses that donated to him are winning with record profits.
The people of the country suffering from Bidenflation aren't however.
Are you winning?
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>>1266886 Yeah hum while you give Mr. Biden man that sloppy toppy.
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>>1266928 If only Americans were allowed to regulate and tax those businesses.
Oh wait, Republicans are blocking that.
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>>1266930 It might seem that way to a far right reactionary
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>>1266933 Holy fucking what?
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Replace one corrupt fake politician with another corrupt fake politician This is no cause for celebration
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>>1266943 >every politician is as bad as George Santos Ivan is that you?
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>>1266943 >Republicans in charge of lowering the bar Anonymous
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Another day, another victory for Biden.
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>one candidate was a white man >the other was a black woman >red district >the white man wins woaaahh you don't say??
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Republicans have realized that they cannot fight in Washington and win. They are resigning and running for governor in their home states. They need 38 state houses to call for a real change in this country.
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>>1267136 >a normal function of our government and constitution >bad Anonymous
>>1267166 Not just bad but indescribably horrible
>ALEC lawmakers also considered passing The Science of Reading Act. This model bill would require all schools to adopt the “science of reading” method of instruction in place of older approaches to teaching students how to read, prohibit the use of any other reading curricula, and require all new teachers to take 80 hours of additional training “aligned with the science of reading.” The training must be “provided by an organization accredited by the International Dyslexia Association” — which offers a clue as to which special interests likely drafted the model bill, something ALEC keeps secret. This is totally at odds with the National Center on Improving Literacy, which maintains that the “science of reading” is a body of research and not “a program, an intervention, or a product you can buy.” The bill does not include language on funding. >The unfunded “science of reading” curriculum has proven to be difficult to roll out and expensive to implement for school districts in states where this new reading program is mandated by law. Education scholar Diane Ravitch argues that there is no such thing as “the science” of reading. “There are better and worse ways of teaching, but none is given the mantle of ‘science,’” Ravitch points out. “Calling something ‘science’ is a way of saying ‘my approach is right and yours is wrong.’” Anonymous
>>1267170 >doing something to address the rapidly falling literacy rate in public schools is bad because the organization responsible for the drop in literacy rates says so Who cares what NCIL thinks? They failed.
Also is your illiteracy the reason why you think a normal function of the constitution is a bad thing?
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>>1267173 >defund public schools in favor of privatized corporate or religious schools >wonder why test scores are lower Gee I dunno cletus. I suggest you might read up on it but you don't know how to read.
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>>1267178 >privatized corporate or religious schools You mean, "schools that perform better"?
>>wonder why test scores are lower We spend more per student than any other country in the world. Private, religious and home-schooled kids still vastly outperform public school kids. Why? It's because public school is mental poison.
Why do you think that is, Pajeet?
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>>1267183 >You mean, "schools that perform better"? No I mean schools with a profit motive that will never be able to perform better.
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>>1267191 So expensive Ivy League schools don't perform?
Well now, it seems you may not have thought this comment through.
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>>1267201 >conflating colleges with public high schools You really are a retarded high school dropout, huh?
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President Biden has led the Democrats from victory to victory. Quite remarkable.