GOP-backed Mazi Pilip and Democrat Tom Suozzi faced off over the border, abortion and more.
Ahead of Tuesday’s special election on Long Island, GOP nominee Mazi Pilip and Democrat Tom Suozzi clashed in a News 12-hosted debate, their only such face-off of the race. | Courtesy of News 12 Long IslandNEW YORK — Tempers flared Thursday with the candidates repeatedly shouting over each other in the lone debate of the high-stakes special election on battleground Long Island.
The heightened tensions on the debate stage ahead of the Tuesday vote underscored just how prized the parties consider the seat vacated by George Santos. A Republican victory would help the party grow its narrow majority in the House. A Democratic win would buoy a party that needs to flip seats in November to capture the gavel.earlier Thursday showed Suozzi leading Pilip by a 4-point spread that is within the survey’s margin of error., also served as a study of contrasts.
Suozzi has campaigned on a platform of compromise, saying he is willing to buck his party while Pilip toes the line.
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