‘It’s only goodbye for now, I’ll be back’: George Santos drops congressional bid

Former Republican Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from Congress last year while representing New York’s 3rd Congressional District, has announced that he is dropping his bid to represent New York’s 1st Congressional District.

“I have decided to withdraw from my independent run for #NY1,” Santos tweeted on Tuesday. “I don’t want my run to be portrayed as reprisal against Nick Lalota… Although Nick and I don’t have the same voting record and I remain critical of his abysmal record, I don’t want to split the ticket and be responsible for handing the house to Dems,” he continued.

“I have meet with leaders and with constituents and I have made the decision to hang it up here and stop perusing this race, THIS YEAR!” he wrote. “The

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