Santos’ race was the first time that two openly gay candidates faced off in a congressional race.
defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman to flip retiring Rep. Tom Suozzi’s Long Island house seat red.
The Associated Press called the race for Santos just after 1:30 am with the Republican holding a 54.2% to 45.8% lead and 90% of the votes counted. Santos, a 34-year-old finance executive who lost to Suozzi two years ago, ran for the NY-3 congressional district seat on a conservative platform of cutting taxes, demanding border security and railing against the Democrats’ unpopular state cashless bail law.instead of seeking re-election to the House, finishing a distant third in the Democratic primary behind sitting Gov. Kathy Hochul and city Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.
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