Democrat Tom Suozzi has won the New York special election to the U.S. House, according to an AP race call. Suozzi will serve out the remainder of the term for former GOP Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from the House last year.
IIRC, this is the district with suburban republicans that went ~+10 for Biden in 2020, then elected fucking Santos in ‘22. The pendulum has swung back to democrats and by a wide margin.
It’s also a very Jewish district. A lot of pro-Israeli Jews are concerned about the “left wing” of the Democratic party not supporting Israel’s genocide, and the Republicans were running an incredibly pro-Israel candidate. The combination of events made this race a lot closer than it might otherwise have been.
The Republican candidate is literally just an Israeli Defense Force solider.
So yeah, I guess it’s accurate to call her an “incredibly pro-Israel candidate.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazi_Melesa_Pilip
“She is an Ethiopian Jew, and was born in Ethiopia. She immigrated to Israel when she was 12 years old, and later served in the Israel Defense Force’s Paratroopers Brigade as a gunsmith. Pilip studied at the University of Haifa, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy, and also at Tel Aviv University, where she earned a masters degree in diplomacy and security.”
So an Ethiopian Jew was running on supporting Israel’s genocide. That’d be ironic if it wasn’t so sad.
