The Democratic Party managed to reduce the Republican majority in the House of Representatives thanks to the victory of a Democrat Thomas Suozzi in a special election in New York to succeed the Republicans George Santosexpelled in December for ethical violations, according to CNN.

Suozzi, considered a moderate Democrat, received 87 percent of the vote. received 54.2 percent support (83,405 votes) compared to 45.8 percent (70,415 votes) his rival, Republican Mazi Meles Pilip. Thus, the former eight-year mayor of Glen Cove took the seat in the state’s Third District.

During the election campaign, Suozzi, known as a moderate Democrat, advocated for stronger immigration policies and was advocate for temporarily closing the border with Mexico.

Suozzi celebrated his victory by thanking “despite dirty tricks” he “won.” “We won this race, we, you, we won because we solved problems and found a way to unite our units,” he said, even as several protesters opposed to American support for Israel tried to interrupt him.

“As we just saw at today’s protest, There are divisions in our country where people cannot even talk to each other.. The answer is to try to bring people of good will together to find common ground,” he said. Protesters shouted that he was “supporting genocide” and called for an immediate ceasefire.

US President Joe Biden’s campaign team assessed Suozzi’s victory as good sign about migrationan important issue in New York that was the focus of the campaign, although it also dealt with the rising cost of living and climate change.

Moreover, he believed thate “Donald Trump lost again today,” because “when Republicans run with Trump’s radical agenda, even in Republican-held seats, voters reject them.”

For his part, Pilip, an Ethiopian by birth but an Israeli migrant who served in the Israeli army, said he called his opponent to congratulate him, while he said he would continue to “fight” because he was not going to “give up.” ” ““We’re going to create a common sense government” – he commented.

But some House GOP members have directed their anger at lawmakers from their own party who They voted to expel George Santos. as its slim majority in the plenary was reduced further.

In December 2023, the lower house expelled Congressman George Santos. repeatedly accused of fraud and falsification of information about his past, in the decision of which only five precedents are known in the history of the country.

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Santos, a New York congressman, was accused in a scathing report by the House Ethics Commission of committing numerous ethical violations that are summed up in two fundamental issues: defrauding his campaign donors and illegally enriching his campaign funds.

Added to this is another series of federal charges, including fraud, money laundering and perjury before Congress, to which Santos pleaded not guilty. With 311 votes in favor and 114 against, he became the sixth representative to be expelled from the House of Representatives and the first since the Civil War to leave office without final conviction.

(according to information from Europe Press and Europe Press)