New York Democrat Targets Victory in Hamptons After Suozzi Win
- John Avlon announces run against GOP’s Nick LaLota in NY-1
- Candidate sees ‘positive lessons’ from Suozzi’s win in NY-3
John Avlon, a political analyst for CNN, said Tom Suozzi’s decisive victory last week in the special election for the House seat vacated by George Santos showed how Democrats can win on Long Island. And he wants to prove it himself.
Avlon, 51, said Wednesday he plans to run against first-term Republican Representative Nick LaLota in New York’s 1st congressional district, which runs from Montauk to the vineyards of the North Fork over to Cold Spring Harbor, which Billy Joel celebrated on his debut album.