Democrat Tom Suozzi wins New York special election for George Santos’ former seat
Tom Suozzi has delivered a crucial House seat back into the Democrat column after defeating Republican Mazi Pilip in Tuesday’s special election to replace George Santos in New York’s 3rd district.
The Democrat, 61, was declared the winner just after 10pm in a resounding victory with a little over 50 per cent ballots counted, defying polls that had projected the race would go down to the wire.
With 84 per cent of votes counted, he
