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Good morning, everyone. The election to replace George Santos in Congress from Queens and Nassau counties finally saw its only televised debate last night with six days of early voting already done. If you live in the district, you can still vote today through Sunday and on election day itself next Tuesday for Democrat Tom Swazi or Republican Mazi Pillar.

The Swazi versus Mazi race is in its home stretch.

We'll talk about the state of that race now and play some excerpts from the debate which reveal policy differences on issues including abortion rights, banning semi-automatic assault

weapons like AR-15s, and the bipartisan Senate border and aid to Israel bill.

And we're delighted to have with us for this the moderator of the debate, Rich Barati,

whose day job is to anchor mornings on News 12, Long Island,

and to host their show Power and Politics. And also, Errol Lewis, host of Inside City Hall,

weeknights at seven on Spectrum News, New York One, and a New York Magazine columnist. New York

One airs in the Five Burrows, News 12 airs, and Nassau and Suffol. So we've

got the whole district covered. Errol, always great to have you. Welcome back. And Rich, thanks a

lot for joining us. I know you're taking time out from your own show to do this. So thank you

and welcome to WNYC. Thanks for having me.

I'll dive right in here with one of the biggest issues in this race,

the asylum seekers who've been coming to New York in large numbers since 2022. In this clip,

Republican candidate Pillop says what she wants Congress to do about the southern border,

and Democratic candidate Swazi criticizes her for opposing the

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