Elections

Serial Liar George Santos Nixes Short-Lived Independent Run for Congress

SASHAY AWAY

“I don’t want to split the ticket and be responsible for handing the house to Dems,” he wrote on X.

Amanda Yen
Amanda Yen 

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George Santos has ended his run for Congress
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