Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) announced Tuesday that he was suspending his independent House bid, just over a month after entering the race.

“I have [met] with leaders and with constituents and I have made the decision to hang it up here and stop [pursuing] this race, THIS YEAR!” Santos posted on the social platform X.

Former Rep. George Santos said Friday he will mount an independent, third-party bid against Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.), rather than run in the Republican primary.

Why it matters: Should Santos get the signatures to make it on the ballot, he could siphon off GOP votes from LaLota in a swing district that could help decide the House majority.

Santos would have just a couple months to secure 3,500 signatures in a district he's never represented.

Disgraced former Republican Rep. George Santos arrived in the House chamber on Thursday night about an hour before President Joe Biden's speech was to begin and about three months after he became the first House member to be expelled in more than 20 years.

He was seen seated on the GOP side near the aisle -- his normal position when he was a voting lawmaker.

A Democrat flipped a Republican congressional seat in New York this week with a campaign that echoed traditional Republican messaging. Newly elected U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., won a special election on Tuesday night to fill the seat formerly held by Rep. George Santos, whom the House expelled in December. Suozzi won a decisive victory over Republican challenger Mazi Pilip with 53.9 percent of the vote. “We know that this race was fought amid a closely divided electorate,” Suozzi said in his victory speech. “This race was centered on immigration...

Happy Valentine’s Day and a solemn Ash Wednesday to all.

In the race for a district that gained national infamy after electing an openly gay, Jew-ish serial liar-turned-indicted criminal 23 times over, Democrat Tom Suozzi came out on top, reclaiming the seat he abandoned two years ago.

But while there is certainly cause for celebration, Dems picking up a seat with a Dem who barely identified as a Dem in a district that’s partially in New York City and holds a 10-point voter enrollment advantage isn’t quite the bellwether some want it to be.

Democrat Tom Suozzi's special election victory in New York's 3rd Congressional District against Mazi Melesa Pilip indicates how President Joe Biden could go on to win the 2024 election, political analysts have said.

Suozzi comfortably won the race for the seat vacated when disgraced former Republican representative George Santos was expelled from Congress after being charged with multiple fraud offenses to which he has pleaded not guilty.

Tom Suozzi, a former Democratic congressman, won a closely watched special House election in New York on Tuesday, narrowing the Republican majority in Washington and offering his party a potential playbook to run in key suburban swing areas in November.

His victory in the Queens and Long Island district avenged a year of humiliation unleashed by the seat’s former occupant, George Santos, and stanched a trend that had seen Republicans capture nearly every major election on Long Island since 2021.

Democrats successfully flipped a GOP congressional seat in New York, fighting off the steady gains that Republicans have made in the district and their immigration attacks amid the state's migrant crisis.