Tom Suozzi Likely Democratic Choice For George Santos’s Seat In Congress

Tom Suozzi

George Santos’ Congressional seat could return to the man who previously held it. The Democratic Party appears to back Tom Suozzi. Suozzi met Governor Kath Hochul of New York State to get her support for the special election. Last year Tom Suozzi had tried to unseat Hochul in the race for the state Governor.

The seat will go without a Congressional representative for around seventy days before they get one. They have been bewildered by the lack of clarity on who would finally come in place of the replaced George Santos. Gov. Hochul has set the election day just before the holiday for Presidents’ Day.

The governor said that the responsibility of the party was to take back the House of Representatives from what she termed the Santos-type GOP. But it remains to be seen if the governor would agree to the selection of Tom Suozzi, who had gone against her in the Democratic primary and had stuck out personally at her. However, the New York State Governor also admitted that Tom Suozzi had also apologized for his past characterizations. Tom Suozzi answered a summons to Albany before the hand-picked endorsement was handed over to him.

Candidate Tom Suozzi Assures Gov. Hochul Of Future Cooperation

Tom Suozzi, the Democrat candidate, has assured the party that he would toe the line in the future. He said that he would be in lockstep on issues such as migration and abortion. He had earlier gone against the Democratic Party line on these issues.

Gov. Hochul has forced Suozzi to give assurances of complying with the party line in the future. Joseph Cairo, the GOP Chairman for Nassau County, termed it embarrassing and said that if he was forced to cow-tow to Gov. Hochul to get the nod, it remains to be seen how he would behave before President Biden. Voters have termed Tom Suozzi’s choice as excellent though some voters would like to keep their options open.