Democrat Tom Suozzi won a Tuesday in New York for the U.S. House seat that was left vacant when was expelled from Congress. Suozzi defeated Republican Mazi Pilip to retake a seat he held for three terms before giving it up to run, unsuccessfully, for governor. The unusual midwinter election became necessary after Santos was ousted by his colleagues in December, partway through his first term. With no time for a primary before the special election, Democrats nominated Suozzi, a political centrist well known to voters in the district. Suozzi counterattacked Pilip on abortion, saying she couldn’t be trusted to protect abortion rights in places like New York where it remains legal.
