One first-term Republican who was key to House Republicans gaining a majority in the last election is expected to lose his seat.
The Associated Press reported Thursday that Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R.N.Y.), a former New York City police officer, lost to former local official Laura Guillen in New York's 4th Congressional District, a suburb of Long Island in the shadow of New York City. It was reported that.
Two days after Election Day, the balance of power in the House remains unsettled, and key races have yet to be called in states such as Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada. As a result, Democrats and Republicans each swapped four seats.
The election was a rematch of the November 2022 election in which D'Esposito defeated Guillen, flipping the seat from blue to red.
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Democrat Laura Guillen is running against first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Anthony D'Esposito in a rematch of the 2022 race. (Getty Images/Laura Gillen Congress)
Gillen is a former Hempstead town supervisor who previously worked as an attorney representing victims of domestic violence, according to his campaign website.
She received support through the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's “Red to Blue” program, the campaign arm of House Democrats. The program is an effort to funnel resources and money to seats where Democrats believe they have an opportunity to increase their numbers in the House.
Guillen was endorsed by incumbent New York Democratic Reps. Dan Goldman, Grace Meng, and Tom Suozzi.
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Rep. Anthony D'Esposito spearheaded the ouster of former congressmen. George Santos, photo here. (AP Photo/Stephen Jeremiah)
Mr. D'Esposito's 2022 election comes amid a wave of voter backlash against New York City's progressive crime policies, with Republicans overwhelmingly winning key constituencies in New York City and the New Jersey suburbs.
He later became a leader in the movement to oust former Congressman George Santos (R.N.Y.), who was criminally indicted on charges including fraud.
But his campaign has been rocked in recent weeks by allegations in an incident. new york times D'Esposito previously reported that he may have violated ethics rules by including the daughter of his affair partner and his fiancée on his payroll.
Congressman Dan Goldman was among the New York Democrats who supported Laura Gillen. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In late September, D'Esposito denied all allegations in response to questions from reporters at the Capitol.
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“There was nothing unethical,” he said at the time.
When asked if he would stay in the race, D'Esposito said, “Of course. And I'll win.”
FOX News' Tyler Olson contributed to this report.
