Photo: New York Democrat Tom Suozzi, a former House member vying in the Feb. 13 special election for his old seat, at a September 2020 news conference at the Capitol. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Democratic former Rep. Tom Suozzi’s fundraising blew the doors off his Republican rival in the upcoming special election in New York’s open 3rd District seat, new disclosures show.

Suozzi raised $4.5 million between Oct. 1 and Jan. 24 and had $2.2 million for the final weeks leading up to the Feb. 13 election, which will fill the vacancy caused by GOP Rep. George Santos’ expulsion from the House on Dec. 1.

Mazi Pilip, a Nassau County legislator tapped by Republican leaders to defend the seat, raised $1.3 million between Dec. 1 and Jan. 24, and had $629,000 for the campaign’s final weeks, pre-election reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission show.

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