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Rep. Tom Suozzi writes for the New York Times: President-elect Donald Trump and the Republicans have managed to sell themselves as the party of change. It worked: They will soon control the presidency, Congress and, in essence, the Supreme Court. But to change and fix America requires both parties to work together. As a Democratic member of Congress, I know …

Politico reports: Incoming Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi is expected to be sworn back into the House on Feb. 28, according to a GOP leadership aide. That will officially cut the GOP’s majority down to just two votes, after Suozzi defeated Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip in the special election for a Long Island congressional district. It was previously held by expelled …

NBC News reports: Democratic former Rep. Tom Suozzi is heading back to Congress after he won the special election in New York’s 3rd District to replace former GOP Rep. George Santos, NBC News projects. Suozzi’s victory Tuesday over Republican Mazi Pilip cuts Republicans’ already razor-thin House majority by one seat, making legislating even more difficult moving forward. The result is …

The New York Times reports: The race has been dominated by an international migrant crisis and attracted $15 million in outside spending. But the special House election to replace George Santos in New York on Tuesday may come down to the most local of problems: an ill-timed Election Day snowstorm. Forecasters were calling for a half foot or more of …

Politico reports: The possibility of an Election Day snowstorm in next week’s tight race to replace expelled former Rep. George Santos in Congress is putting pressure on the candidates to turn out their supporters. Any disruption to voting Tuesday could benefit former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi over Republican nominee Mazi Melesa Pilip, thanks to Democrats’ advantage in early voting so …

The New York Daily News reports: Early voting started Saturday in the heated congressional special election to pick a successor to disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos for a Long Island swing seat that could further reduce the already razor-thin GOP majority in the House of Representatives. Democratic ex-Rep. Tom Suozzi is battling upstart Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip in an unusual mid-winter …

The New York Post reports: An independent Super PAC has been launched to help Republican Mazi Pilip defeat ex-Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi in the Feb. 13 special election to fill the House seat vacated by the expulsion of lying ex-Congressman George Santos. Secure New York State PAC is running six-figure radio and digital ads slamming the Democrat as “Sanctuary Suozzi” …

NBC News reports: The Democratic-aligned House Majority PAC is putting down $5.2 million in initial reservations for TV and digital ads to try to win the House special election to replace the expelled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., the group told NBC News. The group said it will spend $3.7 million on TV and $1.5 million on digital platforms, along with …

Gothamist reports: New York Democrats are betting on former Rep. Tom Suozzi to flip the newly vacant seat recently held by disgraced former Republican Rep. George Santos from red back to blue. Nassau County and state Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs and Queens County Democratic Party Chair Rep. Greg Meeks announced the decision in a Thursday afternoon press release, touting …

The New York Post reports: The Democratic Party by mid-week will nominate a candidate to run in the special election early next year to replace expelled serial liar and criminal defendant Rep. George Santos — and it’s all but certain to be former Congressman Tom Suozzi, sources said Sunday. State Democratic Democratic Party Chairman and Nassau County leader Jay Jacobs …

Axios reports: Former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday announced his run for the House seat held by embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.). The seat, which voted for President Biden in the 2020 presidential election, is a top target for House Democrats and Suozzi would likely be a formidable primary and general election candidate. Santos’ troubles have attracted a large …

Gothamist reports: Rep. Tom Suozzi wants to make clear: He doesn’t support Florida’s controversial new law restricting discussion of sexual identity in schools — despite saying some aspects of it were “reasonable” and made “common sense” just last week. Suozzi said his prior comments were “very inartful in the way I spoke.” He said he opposes both the law – …

City & State reports: Rep. Tom Suozzi, who is running against Gov. Kathy Hochul in the Democratic primary for governor, called a controversial new Florida law aimed at discouraging discussions about sexuality and gender in classrooms “reasonable.” “I think it’s a very reasonable law not to try to get kids in kindergarten to be talking about sex,” he said on …

The New York Times reports: Representative Thomas Suozzi, a Long Island Democrat, intends to announce on Monday that he will enter the race for governor of New York, broadening the field of candidates challenging the incumbent, Kathy Hochul, according to five people who have spoken with the congressman and his team in recent days. Mr. Suozzi, who has most recently …