
Democrat Tom Suozzi’s Tuesday night victory in the special election to fill the vacant New York House seat left by former Republican Rep. George Santos was underscored by a massive influx of outside cash supporting his campaign. Outside groups spent over $3.4 million on operations supporting Suozzi and more than $9.5 million opposing Mazi Pilip, the Republican he was running against, a Daily Caller News Foundation review of Federal Election Commission records shows. Spending was comparatively light on the other side, with just over $600,000 in independent expenditures from groups...