House Democrats’ first super PAC on Wednesday revealed plans to pump $5.9 million into efforts to recapture the congressional seat formerly held by lying Long Island Republican George Santos.
The House Majority PAC plans to spend $3.7 million on television ads, $1.5 million on digital platforms and $700,000 on a mailing program in the weeks leading up to the special election on the 13th. February in Nassau County and the Borough of Queens.
“With these initial television and digital reservations and mail program, House Majority PAC is making it clear that we will do whatever it takes to take back the House in 2024, and NY-03 represents the opportunity to make that happen,” House Majority PAC President Mike Smith said in a statement.
“Tom Suozzi is a fighter who has a proven track record of cutting costs, strengthening the police and working across party lines to get things done. “House Majority PAC Hopes NY-03 Turns Blue.”
Tom Suozzi has aggressively tried to present himself as a moderate. AP
Suozzi, who represented the Third District for six years, will face the Republican candidate, Nassau County Legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip.
The seat has been vacant since Santos was expelled from the House of Representatives on December 1 in the wake of a damning report by the House Ethics Committee that found he “blatantly stole” from his campaign, among other transgressions.
Santos was able to flip the seat to the Republican column in 2022 after Suozzi resigned to mount an unsuccessful primary challenge to Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Nassau County Legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip secured the GOP nod for the seat earlier this month. Getty Images George Santos has reveled in the attention he has attracted since his expulsion from Congress. AP
The February election may be the last in the current district after the New York Court of Appeals ordered the state House map be redrawn earlier this month in a major victory for Democrats.
A new map won’t be ready for the special election, but it could dramatically alter the landscape of congressional races in the Empire State in November 2024.
The House currently has 221 Republicans and 213 Democrats, and two more Republicans will leave the chamber in the coming weeks.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced his resignation effective later this month, while Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) will leave office early next year to take office. the presidency of Youngstown State University.
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