That sets up a fast and furious special election on February 13 that could preview the parties’ standing among suburbanites — the nation’s most impactful voting group — ahead of the November 2024 election, when every House seat will be up for grabs. While Pilip, a mother of seven, is actually registered as a Democrat, she has twice won races for the county legislature on the Republican Party line. Based on early comments, a leading strategy in this special election will be to cast the opponent as an extremist. Thus, aside from the Israel-Hamas war, she has taken few publicized positions on hot button national issues that energize voters. Can Suozzi taint Pilip by reminding voters that, before repudiating him, Mazi had campaigned alongside Santos and said that he was an “amazing” friend?

Source: Ethiopian News December 23, 2023 21:18 UTC