Dems Win Special Elections Last Night In New York, Pennsylvania

Tom Suozzi lost that congressional seat to George Santos back in 2022 due to Democratic overconfidence and a crazy new redistricting map. Last night, he corrected that mistake. Via Politico:

Tom Suozzi’s victory Tuesday is yet another in a string of Democratic wins and overperformances in special elections. But it’s especially notable that Suozzi, the district’s former representative, won by a larger-than-expected margin in places that had swung against his party in recent years.

Unlike most other suburbs across the country, Long Island and the outer boroughs of New York City have raced to the right since former President Donald Trump left office. Between 2021 and 2023, Republicans won the Island’s four congressional seats and almost every major local office, and the GOP gubernatorial nominee won both of Long Island’s counties by double digits in 2022.

Suozzi’s win broke that streak in resounding fashion. And he did it while operating mostly on defense over immigration, pitching himself as a moderate who would work with both parties to restrict migration across the southern border — a strategy that puzzled some Democrats at the time but now may provide a game plan for neutering the issue in other races.

“It’s time to find common ground and to start delivering for the people” of the country, Suozzi said in his victory speech.

Perpetual loser Trump of course jumped in to reassure everyone it was not his fault:

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