Mazi Pilip Supporters React to Tom Suozzi’s NY Special Election Victory

‘We are fighters. Yes, we lost, but it doesn’t mean we’re ending here,’ Mazi Pilip told supporters.

Mazi Pilip addresses supporters at The Lannin after conceding the special congressonal election to Tom Suozzi, on Feb. 13, 2024. Courtesy of Juliette Fairley

An hour after polls in Queens and Nassau County closed at 9 p.m., GOP candidate and federal politics newcomer Mazi Pilip conceded to former Democrat Rep. Tom Suozzi who won the special election to replace disgraced former Rep. George Santos (R-NY).

Dressed in a red dress and flanked by Nassau County GOP chair Joe Cairo, Reps. Anthony D’Esposito, Nick LaLota, former congressman Peter King, and other Republican notables, Ms. Pilip thanked volunteers and her colleagues.