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Mazi Pilip and Tom Suozzi are facing off in the race to replace George Santos.
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Mazi Pilip and Tom Suozzi are facing off in the race to replace George Santos.
Residents in Queens and Long Island have been waiting for months to replace expelled George Santos.
Democrat Tom Suozzi and Republican Mazi Pilip are vying for the seat representing parts of Nassau County and Queens.
The special election to replace ex-Rep. George Santos has turned into a big bucks slugfest between Democrat Tom Suozzi and Republican Mazi Pilip on the national stage. It's a race within a race, because there's much more at stake.
Pilip and Suozzi brought the big bazookas to their make-or-break debate.
Voters have Suozzi, a former Congressman, up 48%-44%. The election will be held on Tuesday.
Experts say the strategies by each candidate are being carefully calculated, perhaps to be adopted elsewhere in November.
The big bucks race to replace ex-Rep. George Santos will have national implications. Suozzi wants his old seat back, but now he's bucking a red wave on Long Island.
Republican County Legislator Mazi Pilip and Democrat Tom Suozzi, a former congressman, are running to fill the seat.
Suozzi, who has served in Congress before and was once Nassau County executive, said there's no shame in being a career politician.
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The winner of the special election will serve out the remainder of Santos' term, representing parts of Nassau County and Queens.
Suozzi on Wednesday met with Gov. Kathy Hochul, because he needed her endorsement to run in the special election.
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