Robert Zimmerman nabs Democratic nod to switch outgoing New York Rep. Tom Suozzi

Robert Zimmerman emerged victorious within the Democratic major on Tuesday for New York's Lengthy Island-anchored third Congressional District.

Quite a few Democrats vied for the seat in a race that exemplified the everyday Democratic electoral divide between centrists and progressives. In the meantime, some inside polling from July has given Republicans a glimmer of hope that they might reclaim the district for the primary time in almost a decade.

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Zimmerman is a lawyer who can be the primary brazenly homosexual member of Congress from the Queens and Lengthy Island space. He was backed by Hillary Clinton and neighboring Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY).

Outgoing Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY), an outspoken centrist, vacated the seat to mount his unsuccessful major problem in opposition to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. Suozzi backed 28-year-old Nassau County legislator Josh Lafazan within the race to succeed him.

Different Democratic contenders within the race included North Hempstead supervisor Jon Kaiman, entrepreneur Reema Rasool, and Melanie D’Arrigo.

On the Republican facet, George Santos ran unopposed. Santos, who would even be the primary homosexual member of Congress from the world ought to he win in November, beforehand ran unsuccessfully in opposition to Suozzi in 2020.

Inside polling Santos shared with the Washington Examiner in mid-July confirmed Zimmerman and his fellow Democratic contenders underwater of their favorability scores amongst potential voters within the district.

Democrats have constantly held the district by comfy margins for the reason that retirement of former Rep. Peter King (R-NY) in 2013. Nonetheless, redistricting has softened Democrats' partisan benefit contained in the district within the time since, paring its boundaries again west of Lengthy Island in a slight enhance for the GOP.

Whereas Democrats nonetheless take pleasure in a partisan apportionment edge within the district, Republicans are hoping that an ideal storm of Suozzi's exit and modest redistricting positive factors together with an anticipated purple wave may propel them to victory.