Democratic Representative Tom Suozzi faces Republican Mike LiPetri in a high-stakes rematch for New York's 3rd Congressional District, a race critical to House control. Backed by $8 million from a Trump-aligned Super PAC, LiPetri attacks Suozzi's voting record and stock trades. Suozzi, who co-founded a national Democratic coalition to champion capitalism over socialism, has secured key endorsements from Nassau County police and NYC firefighter unions while framing LiPetri as an extreme MAGA loyalist.
Overview of the NY-3 congressional race
- ▪The NY-3 congressional race is a rematch of the 2024 election, which Tom Suozzi won over Mike LiPetri by a margin of 51.7% to 48.1%.
- ▪Democratic Representative Tom Suozzi is facing Republican former Assemblyman Mike LiPetri in New York's 3rd Congressional District on November 3, 2026.
Campaign spending in the race
- ▪A Trump-aligned Super PAC, the No Going Back PAC, has spent $8 million, including $5.7 million on television ads, to support Mike LiPetri and attack Tom Suozzi.
- ▪Political parties expect total spending on the 2026 NY-3 congressional race to reach approximately $19 million
Debate over Mike LiPetri's alignment with Donald Trump
- ▪Representative Tom Suozzi characterized Mike LiPetri as '100% MAGA' and criticized him for aligning completely with Donald Trump's administration and policies.
- ▪Mike LiPetri stated he has split with Donald Trump on certain issues, noting that he is pro-choice and supports labor unions.
Stances on stock trading
- ▪Republican candidate Mike LiPetri accused Representative Tom Suozzi of voting against Republican-backed bills, including measures on transgender athletes, congressional stock trading, and a resolution condemning socialism.
- ▪The Campaign Legal Center accused Representative Tom Suozzi of failing to properly disclose approximately 300 stock transactions.
- ▪Representative Tom Suozzi co-sponsored a bipartisan bill to prohibit members of Congress from owning individual stocks.
First responder endorsements
- ▪New York City Uniformed Firefighters Association President Bobby Eustace praised Representative Tom Suozzi for working across party lines during his over thirty years as a public servant.
- ▪Nassau County Police Benevolent Association, whose president Tom Shevlin cited Suozzi's working across the aisle and rejecting the defund the police movement, and the New York City Uniformed Firefighters Association endorsed Democrat Tom Suozzi
Democratic efforts to embrace capitalism
- ▪Representative Tom Suozzi and Representative Adam Gray organized a coalition called Promise to America, which issued a pledge signed by Sixty Democrats declaring they are capitalists.
- ▪Democratic candidates in competitive 2026 races, including James Talarico in Texas and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, have explicitly embraced the capitalist label to counter Republican socialist accusations.
Debatable claims
- ▪Republican candidates can support the MAGA movement while holding pro-choice and pro-union positions
- ▪Broad tariffs do more harm than good to the US economy
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