The third district isn’t exactly solid red.
Santos replaced a Democrat who replaced a Democrat.
That said I’m way too familiar with that chunk of Long Island. It’s insanely white and includes some of the NY Metro Area’s richest suburbs. The local MAGA movement is centered there, a bunch of Jan 6 people (including a guy I went to highschool with) live in the area. The population is old. It’s racist as fuck.
It’s not a deep red district but the Democratic voters there are blue dogs and limousine liberals. And the rest are Trump’s major campaign donors. It’s not a deep red district but it’s always a flippable district, especially if there isn’t an incumbant. And Tom Suozzi didn’t pursue re-election to chase after the Governor’s nom.
If there’s a fuckup by the state DNC here, it’s that. They let a well liked incumbent, leave an at risk seat, to mount a primary challenge against a DNC incumbent governor.
