George Santos is facing his first possible opponent for re-election in 2024 after Afghanistan veteran Kellen Curry announced his candidacy on Monday.
Santos, a Long Island Republican, flipped New York's 3rd Congressional District for Republicans in November after winning voters over with his inspirational background story – representing himself as an openly gay Jewish son of Brazilian immigrants.
"The audacity of the lies [Santos] has told seems to move everyone to ask: how do people like George Santos get elected? I don’t know the answer either, so instead I focus on the solution: how can we work together to ensure it doesn’t happen again! So, I’ve decided to step up and taken on this challenge," Curry said in his campaign announcement.
Santos officially filed to run for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives despite calls for him to not run again.
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