# What happened? Dems in NY House Election Races?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-dems-in-ny-house-election-races/974729
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [November 11, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-dems-in-ny-house-election-races/974729 "2022-11-11T01:54:57Z")
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### Author: ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-dems-in-ny-house-election-races/974729/14 "2022-12-19T15:11:54Z")

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> [@NDP](#):
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> Is there any indication that these new GOP reps from the formerly-Democratic districts are at least sane or are my expectations too high?

> [@flurb](#):
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> One thing that seems to have helped Rep-elect Santos win his race was to repeatedly lie about his biography.

Seems to answer that. There’s a gift link to an article about Santos in this post:

> [@The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, known for its conservatism, is unhappy with republican dysfunction in congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wall-street-journal-editorial-board-known-for-its-conservatism-is-unhappy-with-republican-dysfunction-in-congress/976756/13):
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> [Gift link to the article about George Santos.](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/nyregion/george-santos-ny-republicans.html?unlocked_article_code=RXuk80tFSTgIEZ2qHh95Yfb8579tuVKlbitYf-UbWdSGqpariLtp4iosij-Y4TmHwdlKJZQSEYYTD0ZvQtKGgusG4mPeKy49e8FXdDbShV6GVs0ujjGSihAywy1-JjAI0vGU_bnQ2m7z_MWgdli16gUctHpcS-50lmy6-8rDiY3wU1pLIs4aNjQJYbNuNocX5QzWR23)

It’s a long article, but well worth a read – nothing this guy says about himself is true, and it’s really not clear where his money is coming from. He was getting evicted a few years ago for not paying his rent, and this year, he lent $700k to his own campaign.

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