If New York Republicans had hoped to quickly and cleanly turn the page on the embarrassing saga of George Santos, the week since his expulsion from Congress has not exactly gone as planned. While party leaders hunkered down in the Long Island suburbs to game out the critical special election to replace him, it emerged that one of their top candidates for the nomination, Mazi Melesa Pilip, was not technically a Republican at all, but a registered Democrat. Another Republican who had entered the r
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE The pending resignation of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R, CA-20) and Rep. Patrick McHenry’s (R, NC-10) retirement announcement are notable developments, but they do not precipitate rating changes. With New York’s George Santos (R, NY-3) expelled from Congress, a special election in his district will be held in February. A recent special election in Utah’s 2nd District stood out as something of an exception: a special election where Republicans overperformed. Though Georgia Republicans were ordered to draw a new congressional map, the plan that they produced maintains the state’s existing 9-5 Republican split.
Well, that didn’t take long.Now-former New York Rep. George Santos has been all but erased from the halls of Congress following his historic expulsion from office on Friday, Dec. 1. The disgraced Long Island Republican – whose former 3rd D…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that a special election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat once held by ousted Long Island Republican Rep. George Santos will be held in February.