NEW YORK – According to NBC News, Democrat Laura Gillen was expected to win a close race in Long Island, one of New York’s most contested congressional districts that could determine the balance of power in the House of Representatives.
In a 2022 rematch, Republican Anthony D’Esposito had been trying to hold on to a congressional district just outside New York City that President Joe Biden won by 15 percentage points. in 2020. D’Esposito defeated Gillen in 2022 by about 10,000 votes.
Nearly 48 hours after polls closed in the state, NBC News predicted Gillen would win the Nassau County primary, where President-elect Donald Trump led Kamala Harris by five points, nearly on 30,000 votes. As of Thursday night, Gillen led D’Esposito by about 7,000 votes, with about 25,000 ballots remaining.
This year, the campaign for New York’s 4th congressional district was marked by television attack ads that were relentless and nonpartisan. Republican incumbent D’Esposito tried to portray his Democratic rival Gillen as soft on crime, while criticizing Democrats over immigration policies, which he blames for bringing immigrants in. Gillen, a former Hempstead town supervisor, rejected that criticism and said that if elected, she would push for law enforcement and border security.
In addition to the ads, both Republican incumbent D’Esposito and Democratic challenger Gillen have preached the importance of bipartisanship.
In late October, a Newsday-Siena college poll showed Gillen with a double-digit lead, though it ended up being much tighter. While the contentious issues were similar to other issues in the tri-state area and across the country (infection, the economy, immigration, crime), a last-minute wild card was added to the race, in the form of controversy around. D’Esposito.
According to a report from New York Times In September, D’Esposito may have violated House ethics rules by hiring his mistress and girlfriend’s daughter in his district office. The Nassau County Republican reportedly gave part-time jobs to two women, one the daughter of his longtime girlfriend who worked in his district office for about $3,800 a month, according to payroll records obtained by The Times.
The other woman was someone D’Esposito is said to have had an affair with. He was reportedly paid $2,000 monthly for several months at the same district office until D’Esposito’s girlfriend found out about their relationship, the report states.
When contacted by our sister network NBC New York after the story broke, the new lawmaker called the report “the latest tabloid political trash,” denying she violated any ethics rules. existence
“My personal life has never interfered with my ability to deliver results for New York’s 4th District, and I have maintained the highest ethical standards of personal conduct,” said D’Esposito. poll worthy better than the neighborhood politics of the Times.”
D’Esposito has not been officially charged with wrongdoing and the House Ethics Committee has not launched an investigation into the matter, although Gillen had requested one.
“These are very serious allegations that warrant further investigation, and it is clear that Anthony D’Esposito has abused his power in every position of trust he has held,” Gillen said.
Anthony Izaguirre of the Associated Press contributed to this report.
2024-11-08 03:18:00
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