{"id":570702,"date":"2023-04-17T22:30:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T19:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/george-santos-announces-reelection-bid\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T22:30:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T19:30:31","slug":"george-santos-announces-reelection-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/george-santos-announces-reelection-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"#George Santos announces reelection bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/santosgeorge_020123ag_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Monday announced he is running for reelection, despite being dogged by multiple investigations,\u00a0facing\u00a0questions about his resume and finances and\u00a0being the target of\u00a0calls from members of his own party to resign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the Left is pushing radical agendas, the economy is struggling, and Washington is incapable of solving anything, we need a fighter who knows the district and can serve the people fearlessly, and independent of local or national party influence,\u201d Santos said in a statement.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cGood isn\u2019t good enough, and I\u2019m not shy about doing what it takes to get the job done. I\u2019m proud to announce my candidacy to run for re-election and continue to serve the people of NY-3,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Santos has been the subject of scrutiny since before he was sworn into the House. In December, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/19\/nyregion\/george-santos-ny-republicans.html\">The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0published a bombshell report raising questions about the congressman-elect\u2019s background. He later admitted to embellishing parts of his resume.<\/p>\n<p>Since the initial controversy, more questions have been raised about Santos\u2019s background and finances. A number of entities are currently looking into\u00a0the New York Republican, including the House Ethics Committee, which launched an investigation\u00a0last month.<\/p>\n<p>Several of Santos\u2019s Republican colleagues have called for the congressman\u2019s resignation, including a handful from New York. Santos, however, has been adamant that he will not step down before the end of his term.<\/p>\n<p>Kellen Curry, an Afghanistan war veteran and former vice president at J.P. Morgan,\u00a0announced a campaign\u00a0for Santos\u2019s seat earlier this month, giving the congressman his first GOP challenger.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Lafazan, a Democratic member of the Nassau County Legislator, is\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshLafazan\/status\/1648045680999518213?s=20\">running<\/a>\u00a0for Santos\u2019s seat, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/04\/13\/george-santos-tom-suozzi-considers-run-for-ny-3rd-district.html\">CNBC<\/a>\u00a0reported last week that former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) \u2014\u00a0who represented NY-3 before Santos \u2014\u00a0is considering running for his old seat. Suozzi unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2022.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Santos is heading into a 2024 campaign in a financially difficult position. His campaign finance report\u00a0for Jan. 1 through March 31 showed that his campaign received $5,333 in individual contributions but spent $8,353 in refunds to individual donors.<\/p>\n<p>The freshman lawmaker filed paperwork\u00a0for a 2024 bid last month after the Federal Elections Commission asked if he was planning to run again. He filed the day of the agency\u2019s response deadline, an indication \u2014\u00a0but not a guarantee \u2014 that he would vie for another term.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman, however, put any reelection speculation to bed on Monday, which he noted was 100 days since he was sworn in. In that time, he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSantosNY03\/status\/1648048767801622529?s=20\">said<\/a>\u00a0he has introduced 11 bills, cosponsored 63 measures and delivered 18 floor speeches.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI was elected to fulfill my campaign promises of securing our border, lowering the high cost of living, solving the disastrous SALT issue in our tax code, and fighting the Hochul crime crisis of policies empowering criminals to terrorize the people of New York,\u201d Santos said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019ve been in office for 100 days, and through legislation and my votes, I\u2019ve already made significant efforts to honor those promises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Updated at 4:31 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. 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George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Monday announced he is running for reelection, despite being dogged by multiple investigations,\u00a0facing\u00a0questions about his resume and finances and\u00a0being the target of\u00a0calls from members of his own party to resign. \u201cSince the Left is pushing radical agendas, the economy is struggling, and Washington is incapable of solving anything, we need&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":570703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/santosgeorge_020123ag_w.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[134418,139529,137726,90482,115,126440],"class_list":["post-570702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-congress-blog","tag-defense-national-security","tag-george-santos","tag-house","tag-news","tag-tom-suozzi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}