The ongoing controversy surrounding George Santos' seat and indictment.

Zak Malamed, co-founder of the Democratic donor network Next 50, has announced his candidacy for the Long Island House seat currently held by Republican Rep. George Santos, who pleaded not guilty last week to federal charges of wire fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds. Santos has said he doesn’t plan to resign and intends to continue running for reelection. Malamed is one of five candidates, including former Democrat state Sen. Anna Kaplan, Josh Lafazan, a former county legislator, law professor Will Murphy and Kellen Curry, a Republican veteran of the war in Afghanistan who worked at JPMorgan, who have launched 2024 bids for Santos’ seat. Santos has been accused of fraudulently obtaining unemployment benefits, using campaign contributions to pay down personal debts and purchase designer clothing, and lying to the House of Representatives about his financial condition.