Former Rep. George Santos is withdrawing his independent bid for a seat in Congress in New York’s 1st District, he has announced.
The former lawmaker—who had represented New York’s 3rd District before being ousted from the House in December last year—said he was ending his bid because he did not want to split the ticket with incumbent Republican Rep. Nicholas J. LaLota.
“I have decided to withdraw from my independent run for #NY1,” Mr Santos wrote on the social media platform X on Tuesday evening. “I don’t want my run to be portrayed as reprisal against Nick Lalota … Although Nick and I don’t have the same voting record and I remain critical of his abysmal record, I don’t want to split the ticket and be responsible for handing the house to Dems.”…
