"NY-3 House Seat Race: CLF Joins Ad War as Suozzi Leads Pilip in Tight Poll"

The largest House GOP super PAC, Congressional Leadership Fund, is making its first TV ad buy for Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip ahead of the Feb. 13 special election in New York’s 3rd Congressional District, focusing on immigration and the migrant crisis. The ad accuses former Rep. Tom Suozzi of being soft on illegal immigration, while Suozzi has cut an ad vowing to take a tough stance on illegal immigration and beef up border security. The GOP investment aims to close the spending gap but doesn’t cover the final two weeks of the race, as Long Island has shifted right in recent years and the GOP seeks to retain control of the chamber next year, while Democrats hope to blunt GOP gains in New York in 2022.