Republican’s on Long Island N.Y. lost a few …..
Democrat Tom Suozzi won again also ….
After a re-match election, Democratic challenger Laura Gillen narrowly defeated Rep. Anthony D’Esposito with a 1.5% difference in votes for the new representative of New York’s 4th Congressional District amidst a red wave led by Donald Trump nationally, who won Nassau County by nearly 5 percentage points.
“We put out together a campaign – a winning campaign – that we will emulate in the years to come,” Gillen said.
Gillen received 182,771 votes, 48.69%, while D’Esposito received 176,623 votes, 47.05%.
National attention was drawn to Long Island as its congressional races were determined to be key in deciding which party would assume control over the House of Representatives.
Gillen’s win brought the national Democratic Party closer to securing the House, which has been controlled by Republicans for the past two years. As of Tuesday night, Republicans led in the House but too many seats remained unknown for a controlling party to be decided.
In Nassau County, both Democratic candidates – Gillen and 3rd District’s Rep. Tom Suozzi – were elected to the House….
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