Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty ImagesAfter weeks of searching and scrutinizing, local New York Republicans settled on Mazi Melesa Pilip, a Nassau County legislator, to be their pick to run for the House vacancy left by the removal of Rep. George Santos (R-NY)—and they swear they haven’t picked a dud this time around. Pilip was vetted by three outside research firms among other scruitiny, The New York Times reported. “We know everything we need to know about Mazi,” Nassau Republican Chairman
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The lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court alleges the map created districts favoring Republican candidates and diluted the voting power of communities of color in Nassau County.
Seven candidates already have filed papers to challenge Santos (R-Nassau/Queens), but they likely will face more scrutiny than before by New York's party leaders.