Democrat Tom Suozzi will replace Republican George Santos in Congress Democrat Tom Suozzi has defeated Repubilcan Mazi Pilip to win New York’s Third Congressional District seat in the U.S.
House of Representatives, filling the vacancy left late last year when openly-gay Republican George Santos was expelled from the House.
Suozzi won with 53 percent of the vote in the Tuesday, Feb. 13 election. He could be sworn in as early as Thursday, Feb. 15.
Suozzi, an ally to the LGBTQ community, represented the Third District from 2017 to 2023, but did not run for re-election in 2022, choosing instead to run for governor, losing in the Democratic Primary to the eventual general election winner, Kathy Hochul.