Democrat Tom Suozzi and Republican Mazi Pilips compete this Tuesday the 13th to a special election for District 3 in New York for the federal Congress, where the first faces a “litmus test” for his party, since it is the opportunity to recover said position and confirm that his new electoral strategy can work in the country.
This was acknowledged in an interview with this newspaper by Suzan DelBene (Washington), president of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC, in English).
DelBene acknowledged that there were 18 districts in the country where President Joe Biden won in 2020but the Republican Party won congressional victories, including District 3, which covers Long Island and part of Queens.
“This part of this election will be particularly important right now, so, as I mentioned, we have 18 districts across the country where President Biden won those districts in 2020, but the Republicans have those seats,” he explained. “One of those seats happens to be New York 3 and the people of New York 3 deserve a representative they can trust and who will work for them, given everything they have been through having a fraud as their representative.”
DelBene highlights that Suozzi seeks to obtain the position left by Republican George Santoswho was removed from the House of Representatives, after facing 23 accusations of fraud and impersonation, in a judicial process in the Eastern District Court of New York.
The president of the DCCC pointed out that her party has an “incredible candidate”, since Suozzi has already been a federal congressman, although he left the position in 2021 to compete to be governor of New York, although he lost the Democratic primary to Katy Hochul, current governor.
“We have an incredible candidate, Tom Suozzi,” DelBene said. “He is actually the former congressman who represented that district, he is a former mayor, former county executive and their former congressman, and he is someone who has been a proven leader and someone who people can trust and know that his focus has always been on delivering.” with his community and very focused on doing the hard work to legislate.”
Representative Suzan DelBene (center) is chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.Credit: JESÚS GARCÍA | Impremedia
A swing district
The congresswoman DelBene highlighted that District 3 is considered “undecided”therefore the challenge is particularly challenging, but he trusted that the campaign strategy works, as the surveys have shown.
District 3 is diverse, but has a majority of white voters (67%), although an estimated 13% of voters are Hispanic or Latino, with 12% Asian and 5% black.
The territory includes part of the Queens boroughs in the Big Apple, but much of it is located in Nassau, Long Island.
“It is absolutely important and it is a special election, it is a swing district, so it is always a difficult election, but this is very important, because you make sure that New York 3 has strong representation,” DelBene said.
Who leads in polls
In polls from November to date, Suozzi leads the race by an average of four percentage points, but given the margin of error, that can be considered a kind of “technical tie.”
The last two polls were from Siena College, which gave 48% to Suozzi and 44% to Pilip; while Emerseon College placed Suozzi with 52% above Pilip’s 48%.
Suozzi, who is backed by the BOLD PACthe electoral arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), described Pilip as George Santos 2.0, but she launched a message very aligned with other Republicans: the border and the economy.
“Voting for Mazi means voting to secure the border, voting to create a safer environment, voting to reduce taxes,” Pilip said in a recent campaign closing message.
This special election is to conclude Santos’ term, but the winner can compete in the November 5 election for the 119th Legislature, which begins in January 2025.
2024-02-12 17:55:58
#Democrats #face #litmus #test #election #District #York #Tom #Suozzi #competes #Mazi #Pilips #Diario
