The House GOP’s narrow majority is poised to get even smaller with the result of Tuesday’s special election in New York’s 3rd Congressional District to replace freshman Rep. George Santos (R-NY) following his ouster.
News outlets called the race in favor of Democrat Tom Suozzi over his GOP rival, Mazi Pilip, in their race to finish out what is roughly 11 months left in the two-year term for the Long Island seat a couple within a couple hours of polls closing.
The contest reached a conclusion on the heels of a failed GOP bid to stop no-excuse mail-in voting for the special election and, in a twist of fate, a winter storm hit the area just in time for election day, lowering expectations for turnout.
Suozzi, who previously held the seat for six years, and Pilip both offered voters rides to the polls and the Congressional Leadership Fund, a House GOP super PAC, hired snow plow…
