Brian Moore on WNYC and with us now two News Day reporters on the race to replace

the lying liar to top all lying liars George Santos. The third congressional

district includes parts of Northeast Queens,

Bayside, Little Neck, Douglaston around there,

and the whole North Shore of Nassau County, all those North Shore towns,

and down further south in parts of the county such as Massapique.

It's a little more of a conservative district with the current lines than when Democrat

Tom Swazie was in office from from there but still a swing district.

Biden beat Trump there in 2020 by a good few points.

Swazi is trying to win the job back.

The Republican nominee is a member of the Nassau County legislature,

Mazzi Pillap, whose biography and demographics are getting a lot of early attention.

Black Jewish woman born in Ethiopia emigrated to Israel, served in the Israeli defense forces there,

then came to New York, mother of seven, was a Democrat originally, still officially registered as a Democrat.

Swazi for his part three-term congressman,

member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus,

formerly Nassau County Executive, and Mayor of Glen Cove before that,

ran against Governor Hokle, primary Governor Hokle for the Democratic gubernatorial last year, Lost Father of Three.

With us now Newsdays, Paul Loraco, Investigative Reporter for the Long Island newspaper, Scott Idler News Day political reporter.

Paul and Scott, happy new year.

Thank you very much for joining us today on this important race.

Happy New Year, thank you Brian.

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