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...

That will give them almost no cushion to deal with the inevitable absences caused by illness, travel delays, weddings, funerals, and unforeseen events that could keep Republicans away from the House floor for votes. It comes as Congress is facing a crush of issues, including early-March deadlines for funding the government and a pending emergency national security spending bill to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and other US allies. With Democrat Tom Suozzi’s victory in a special House election in New York on Tuesday, the shrinking Republican majority in the...

Former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) slammed the New York Republican congressional delegation in a text message Tuesday night after former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) won the seat Santos was expelled from in December, further thinning the GOP majority. In the text to his former colleagues, except for Rep. Brandon Williams (R-NY), which was first reported by the Daily Beast, Santos wrote he hopes they “are happy with this dismal performance” from Republican candidate Mazi Melesa Pilip “and the 10 million dollars your futile Bull Shit cost the party.” As of...

Republicans are downplaying the loss of the New York House seat held formerly by disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos, saying that Democrat Tom Suozzi’s victory in Tuesday’s special election doesn’t mean anything for November. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Mr. Suozzi’s win was a byproduct of the millions of dollars that Democrats pumped into the race, arguing that the former three-term lawmaker cribbed much of his campaign rhetoric from Republicans. “Last night is not something, in my view, the Democrats should celebrate too much,” the Louisiana Republican said. “Think about what...

And then there were two. With Democrat Tom Suozzi’s victory in a special House election in New York on Tuesday, the shrinking Republican majority in the House dwindled even further, leaving the G.O.P. able to afford only two defections from the party line on votes when all members are present. That gives them almost no cushion to deal with the inevitable absences caused by illness, travel delays, weddings, funerals and unforeseen events that could keep Republicans away from the House floor for votes. It comes as Congress is facing a...

The White House on Wednesday did a victory lap on the results of a New York special election won by former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D), calling it a “devastating repudiation” of congressional Republicans. White House spokesperson Andrew Bates sought to tie Suozzi’s victory in New York’s 3rd Congressional District directly to GOP lawmakers’ opposition to a bipartisan border security bill crafted in the Senate. President Biden said after the deal collapsed in the face of opposition from former President Trump and GOP lawmakers that he planned to remind voters daily...

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...

Several Republicans are having an "I told you so" moment after Democrat Tom Suozzi on Tuesday won a special election to win back his old New York congressional seat that was formerly held by disgraced former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y. "So who still thinks Republicans helping Democrats kick out Santos was a good idea?," tweeted Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., following Suozzi's win. "It was a big mistake," Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, told Axios of the decision to oust Santos, whose background was punctuated with lies and fraudulent activity. In December,...

It was the kind of race the party had no excuse to lose -- and in the end, the Democrat won with relative comfort. The win in the House seat in New York made famous for the duplicity of its ousted former representative reveals an under-the-radar truth: For all the worries of Democratic wipe-outs in the era of an unpopular and elderly president, the party seems to keep winning when voters actually vote. It's an electoral winning streak that carried the party through the 2018 midterms, the 2020 general election,...