Former U.S. Rep. George Santos ends run for Congress

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Former U.S. Rep. George Santos announced Tuesday he is ending his run for Congress in New York’s 1st Congressional District.

Santos announced his decision in a post on X.

"I have decided to withdraw from my independent run for #NY1… I don’t want my run to be portrayed as reprisal against Nick Lalota… Although Nick and I don’t have the same voting record and I remain critical of his abysmal record, I don’t want to split the ticket and be responsible for handing...