前纽约州众议员汤姆·索兹(Tom Suozzi)周二宣布，他将参加竞选，赢回今年早些时候离开的席位，该席位目前由四面楚歌的众议员乔治·桑托斯.
在…里一份声明民主党人Suozzi点出了他的共和党继任者的名字。
“华盛顿、DC的疯狂和乔治·桑多斯留在美国国会的荒谬是显而易见的，”索兹说。
“你了解我。我从未袖手旁观过。从生活成本到移民、犯罪、气候变化、在中东和全球范围内打击恐怖主义，以及仅仅是帮助人们，我们需要更多的常识和同情心，而不是混乱和无谓的战斗。
ABC新闻已经联系到桑托斯的办公室和竞选团队进行评论。
桑托斯在今年早些时候宣布自己的连任竞选时说:“我们需要一个了解这个地区、能够无畏地为人民服务的战士。...好还不够好，我不会羞于做好工作。”
桑托斯面临着法律纠纷以及多方面的反弹。男性被联邦检察官指控诈骗，洗钱，盗用公款，对国会撒谎。他不服罪。
桑托斯也是众议院道德调查的对象，包括他是否违反了有关他2022年竞选的任何法律，并表示他将“100%”遵守调查，最近“我有权为自己辩护，我正在这么做。”
2022年6月7日，纽约州众议员汤姆·索兹在纽约州州长初选辩论中倾听
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在任期间，他承认对自己的背景撒了一些谎，比如谎称自己大学毕业，尽管他说自己是在“添油加醋”，但他却进一步陷入丑闻。
Suozzi加入了越来越多的民主党人，包括纽约州参议员安娜·卡普兰(Anna Kaplan)和活动家扎克·马拉梅德(Zak Malamed)，他们正在寻求在第三国会选区取代桑托斯，该选区覆盖了长岛的一大片地区。
索兹在2020年首次击败桑托斯，然后退休，在2022年竞选纽约州长失败。在民主党初选中失利给州长凯西·霍楚尔。
桑托斯在2022年再次竞选第三选区，并翻转了它，以大约2万票的优势击败了民主党人罗伯特·齐默曼，类似于当年共和党人在纽约州赢得的其他席位。
Suozzi在周二的声明中表示，他的“正式竞选活动”将在11月的地方选举后举行。
Former NY Rep. Tom Suozzi launches bid to get his old seat back and beat George Santos
Former New York Rep. Tom Suozzi announced on Tuesday that he's running to win back the seat he left earlier this year -- which is now held byembattled Rep. George Santos.
Ina statement, Suozzi, a Democrat, called out his Republican successor by name.
"The madness in Washington, DC and the absurdity of George Santos remaining in the United States Congress is obvious to everyone," Suozzi said.
"You know me. I've never sat on the sidelines. From the cost-of-living to immigration, crime, climate change, combating terrorism in the Middle East and globally, and simply helping people, we need more common sense and compassion and less chaos and senseless fighting," he said.
ABC News has reached out to Santos' office and campaign for comment.
Santos, in announcing his own reelection bid earlier this year, said in part: "We need a fighter who knows the district and can serve the people fearlessly. ... Good isn't good enough, and I'm not shy about doing what it takes to get the job done."
Santos faceslegal troublesand backlash on multiple fronts. Hehas been charged by federal prosecutors withfraud, money laundering, stealing public funds and lying to Congress. He has pleaded not guilty.
Santos is also the subject of a House ethics investigation, including whether he broke any laws regarding his 2022 campaign, and has said both that he will comply "100%" with the probe and,more recently, "I have a right to defend myself and I'm doing that."
While in office, he has been further mired in scandal after admitting to telling some lies about his background, such as falsely claiming he graduated from college, though he has said he was "embellishing."
Suozzi joins a growing field of Democrats, including New York state Sen. Anna Kaplan and activist Zak Malamed, who are seeking to replace Santos in the 3rd Congressional District, which covers a swath of Long Island.
Suozzi first beat Santos in 2020, then retired from his seat to mount an unsuccessful bid for New York governor in 2022,losing in the Democratic primaryto Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Santos ran again for the 3rd District in 2022 and flipped it, defeating Democrat Robert Zimmerman by about 20,000 votes, similar to how other seats in New York state were won by Republicans that year.
Suozzi said in his statement on Tuesday that his "formal campaign kickoff" will be held after local elections in November.
