George Santos ends comeback bid for Congress after failing to raise enough money


by KSBW

KSBW— Former U.S. Rep. George Santos says he's dropping his longshot bid to return to Congress, months after he was expelled from the House while facing a slew of federal fraud charges.

ABC News—George Santos ends long shot comeback bid for Congress after being expelled. George Santos has suspended a long shot campaign against Nick LaLota to represent New York’s 1st Congressional District, he said

MSNBC—George Santos' long-shot bid for Congress was doomed to fail from the start. Documented liar and alleged fraudster George Santos has ended his independent bid for a House seat that he had little chance of winning, saying he did not want to split the vote with his Republican rival and risk electing a Democrat. Announcing the withdrawal of his candidacy for New York's 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, Santos wrote on X that although he is critical of Republican candidate Nick LaLota's "abysmal record," running against him would "all but guarantee" that the Democratic...

chappaqua.dailyvoice.com—'Goodbye For Now': George Santos Ends NY Congressional Bid. Just a month after launching his independent congressional bid, disgraced former New York Rep. George Santos is withdrawing from the race. The ex-Republican lawmaker from Long Island announced that he was ending his campaign for the state’s 1st District, representing eastern Suffolk County, in a post on X Tuesday, April 23. “I have decided to withdraw from my independent run for #NY1,” Santos said. “I don’t want my run to be portrayed as reprisal against [Republican] Nick Lalota Although Nick...