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Last week, Rep. Fitzpatrick's impeachment attempt and new military aid bill highlighted political tension and global security concerns ahead of significant elections.
Democrats contend that Tom Suozzi’s successful approach — concentrating on the improving economy and adopting moderate stances on divisive issues such as crime and immigration — portends bigger gains for the party in the fall.
Within hours of Tom Suozzi’s decisive victory in a House special election in New York last week, the optimistic pronouncements from Democrats began rolling in. Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed that her party’s path to regaining control of the House of Representatives “flows through New York.” And the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn, took a shot at the “much-hyped Nassau County Republican machine.” The outcome for Democrats was a welcome reversal of fortune on Long Island, where voters