Democratic and Republican nominees for a special election and controversies surrounding Pillow

It’s the race that political obsessives across the nation are looking to: the special election to succeed ousted GOP Rep. George Santos in New York’s third congressional district. And the nascent campaign to become his replacement is set: Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip, a Nassau County legislator and Ethiopia-born former IDF soldier, vs. former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi. New York Playbook author Emily Ngo joins Playbook deputy editor Zack Stanton to talk through all the twists and turns of the race everyone will soon be talking about.

Playbook deputy editor Zack Stanton interviews New York Playbook author Emily Ngo.