Add the infamy of the former congressman, and you’d expect the race to replace him would attract more attention than most off-season contests. But Pilip forced Suozzi on the defensive by devoting substantial airtime to blaming him and other Democrats for the border crisis. The few published polls from credible organizations show that the race has remained within the margin of error since the start. Another name that hasn’t surfaced much after initial efforts by the Democrats to gain traction with it is Santos himself. Republicans are hoping, once and for all, that victory will remove the stain of their complicity with his candidacy, however inadvertent.
