{"id":2176129,"date":"2024-02-14T13:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T18:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-tom-suozzi-wins-n-y-special-election-to-replace-expelled-george-santos\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T13:26:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T18:26:01","slug":"democrat-tom-suozzi-wins-n-y-special-election-to-replace-expelled-george-santos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-tom-suozzi-wins-n-y-special-election-to-replace-expelled-george-santos\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, wins NY special election to replace expelled George Santos"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-tom-suozzi-wins-n-y-special-election-to-replace-expelled-george-santos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2176129&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former U.S. Rep. Tom\u2062 Suozzi, Democratic candidate \u200cfor New York\u2019s 3rd congressional district, speaks at\u200c his \u200celection \u200bnight party Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, in Woodbury, N.Y. Suozzi won a special election for the House seat formerly held by George Santos.\u200d \u2028(AP \u2063Photo\/Stefan Jeremiah)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\/\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>10:15 AM \u2013 \u2064Wednesday, February 14, \u20632024<\/h2>\n<p>Former Democrat Representative Tom Suozzi \u200demerges \u2063victorious \u2063in\u2063 the special\u2064 election for\u200d New York\u2019s 3<sup>rd<\/sup> \u2063 District, replacing ousted former GOP Representative George Santos.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Suozzi (D-N.Y.), 61, triumphed over Republican opponent Mazi \u2064Pilip (R-N.Y.) on Tuesday night, further diminishing the Republican presence in the House of Representatives. <\/p>\n<p>With \u200d93%\u200b of the votes counted, Suozzi led Pilip with 53.9% to \u206446.1%. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tom\u200b Suozzi victory speech. &#8220;The people of Long Island and Queens \u2062are sick and \u200dtired of the political bickering. They&#8217;ve had it.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NY03?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NY03<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NY1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NY1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sWtgbJc0qv\">pic.twitter.com\/sWtgbJc0qv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pat \u2064Kiernan (@patkiernan)\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patkiernan\/status\/1757614170080469402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, \u20622024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe won this \u2063race \u2026 because we addressed the \u200bissues and we\u200d found a \u2062way\u200b to bind our \u200ddivisions,\u201d Suozzi \u2063said during his \u2063victory speech to supporters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe know\u2064 this race was \u2063fought\u200b amidst a\u200c closely divided electorate, \u200dmuch like \u2064our whole\u2062 country.\u200d This race was centered on immigration and the economy, much like the\u200d issues all across our country,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, Suozzi expressed that the voters were tired of bickering and criticized former President Donald Trump and\u200b his allies in Congress.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s send a message to our\u2062 friends \u200drunning Congress these days: Stop running around\u2063 for\u200d Trump and\u200c start running the country,\u201d he said. \u200b\u201cIt\u2019s time to find common ground and start delivering for \u2062the \u2062people of \u2062the United \u2063States \u200bof America.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pilip announced\u2063 that she congratulated the former\u2064 Democrat \u2062representative on his victory.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI did call my opponent. I congratulated him,\u201d Pilip told supporters at an election night gathering. \u201cWe are fighters. Yes, we lost. But it doesn\u2019t mean \u2062we\u2019re going to\u2062 end here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With Suozzi&#8217;s latest\u200d win, the Republican\u2062 majority in\u200b the House fell to 219-213, putting the \u2062GOP\u2019s control of the chamber in question. <\/p>\n<p>Santos also\u2063 commented on Suozzi&#8217;s victory, posting on X Tuesday night \u200b\u201c-1.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qst\" dir=\"ltr\">-1<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 George Santos \u200b(@MrSantosNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrSantosNY\/status\/1757600999215104413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The winner also labeled Pilip as another version of George \u2062Santos.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWho knows what she \u200dreally stands for?\u2063 She\u2019s George\u2063 Santos 2.0. It\u2019s the exact\u2063 same nontransparent, phony baloney, just trying \u200cto get \u2063votes \u200cinstead of saying what you really think,\u201d Suozzi charged on \u200cthe\u2063 eve of the election.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the campaign, Suozzi distanced himself from President Joe\u2062 Biden, believing that Biden&#8217;s involvement would have hindered his\u200b chances.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe president is underwater in the district,\u201d\u2063 Suozzi told The Post last week. \u201cI\u200c don\u2019t think that Joe Biden campaigning for\u2062 me would help \u2063me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Suozzi first entered the House in 2016 and was\u200b re-elected in 2020. He later gave up his seat to \u2064pursue\u200c an unsuccessful\u2064 bid for \u200cGovernor against Governor \u200dKathy Hochul (D-N.Y.).<\/p>\n<p>Stay \u200cinformed! Receive breaking news \u200dblasts directly to \u200dyour inbox for\u2064 free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Israel is gearing up\u2063 for a \u2063ground operation in Rafah, despite Jordanian King Abdullah&#8217;s warning to President \u200dBiden about the\u200c potential consequences.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Public reveals the Deep State&#8217;s orchestration of the Russia Collusion hoax, while concerns \u200barise about the implications of\u200d Hunter Biden&#8217;s ties to\u2064 China. Additionally, New Yorkers vote to replace George Santos.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A Congressional\u200b investigation uncovers the extent of the \u200dU.S. Government&#8217;s collaboration with private banks\u200d in illegal surveillance of the American people. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The House Oversight Committee provides \u200cupdates on the Biden Administration&#8217;s actions\u200d regarding the border crisis \u2063since President Joe Biden took office. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia briefly surpasses Amazon.com Inc in market capitalization on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia establishes \u200da new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/metas-profits-down-more-than-40-last-year-but-stock-rallies-as-zuckerberg-streamlines-company\/\" title=\"Meta\u2019s Profits Down More Than 40% Last Year, But Stock Rallies As Zuckerberg Streamlines Company\">business unit dedicated<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/farrell-biden-denial-of-rfk-jr-security-shameful-dangerous\/\" title=\"Farrell criticizes Biden's denial of RFK Jr. security as \"shameful, dangerous\">designing custom chips<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-nvidia-chases-30-billion-custom-chip-market-with-new-unit-sources\/\" title=\"Nvidia targets B custom chip market with new unit - sources\">cloud computing firms<\/a> and\u200d other clients.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Pinterest experiences a\u2062 more than 10% \u2064drop, indicating\u2064 that\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-ceo-calls-for-regulations-that-would-stifle-competitors\/\" title=\"Facebook CEO Calls for Regulations That Would Stifle Competitors\">smaller social media platforms<\/a>\u2062 may be losing the \u200bbattle for ad dollars against larger players.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google offers consumers the\u2064 option\u200b to pay for\u2062 enhanced reasoning capabilities as it competes with Microsoft for subscription dominance.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u2064 How \u2062does Former Democrat\u2062 Representative\u2064 Tom Suozzi&#8217;s \u2063victory \u200bin the special election \u200bimpact the Republican majority in the House of Representatives?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064 Former Democrat Representative Tom Suozzi emerged victorious in the\u200b special election\u200d for New York\u2019s 3rd District, replacing ousted former GOP Representative George \u2064Santos. Suozzi, aged 61, won against his Republican\u2062 opponent \u200dMazi Pilip, \u200dfurther diminishing the Republican presence in the House of Representatives. With \u206493% of the votes counted, Suozzi\u2064 led Pilip with 53.9% to 46.1%.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b his victory speech,\u2064 Suozzi addressed the issues and \u2062divisions that were prevalent throughout the race. He emphasized the need to find common ground and start delivering for the people of the United\u2062 States. Suozzi also criticized former \u200bPresident\u2063 Donald \u2063Trump and \u200bhis allies in Congress, urging them\u2063 to stop running for Trump and start running the country.<\/p>\n<p>Pilip,\u2062 on the other hand, congratulated Suozzi on \u200bhis victory and expressed \u200cher determination to continue fighting. Despite the loss, \u200dshe remains committed to her \u2062goals.<\/p>\n<p>With Suozzi&#8217;s win, the \u2062Republican majority\u2062 in the House\u2062 fell to 219-213, putting the GOP\u2019s control\u200b of the chamber in question. Santos, the former \u200cRepublican representative,\u2064 also commented on Suozzi&#8217;s victory with a\u2063 simple &#8220;-1&#8221; on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Suozzi labeled Pilip as \u2062another version of George Santos, accusing her of being nontransparent and phony. He questioned her\u200b true intentions\u200d and\u200b beliefs, suggesting that she was only seeking votes instead of being genuine.<\/p>\n<p>During the campaign, Suozzi distanced\u2062 himself from President Joe Biden, believing that Biden&#8217;s\u2063 involvement would have hindered his chances. He recognized\u2062 that the president&#8217;s popularity in \u200cthe district was low \u200band did not\u2062 see his support\u2062 as beneficial.<\/p>\n<p>Suozzi previously served in the House from 2016 to 2020.\u200b He gave \u2063up his seat to pursue an unsuccessful bid for Governor against Governor Kathy Hochul.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Suozzi&#8217;s \u200dvictory in \u2064the special \u200celection has\u2064 contributed to the diminishing Republican presence in the \u200bHouse of\u200d Representatives. It remains \u200cto\u2062 be seen how this will impact the GOP\u2019s control of the chamber\u200d moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Suozzi won a special election for New York&#8217;s 3rd congressional district, replacing George Santos. He spoke at his election night party in Woodbury, NY. (AP Photo\/Stefan Jeremiah) OAN&#8217;s James Meyers 10:15 AM &#8211; Wed, Feb 14, 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2301,"featured_media":2176130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24045148084112-scaled-e1707932455805.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2176129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24045148084112-scaled-e1707932455805.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2176129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2176130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2176129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2176129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2176129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}