Nassau County is the land of political nepo babies.
Laura Gillens family learned this when they first arrived in Long Island decades ago.
Payments to both women abruptly ended this spring after DEspositos fiancee learned of the affair.
Laura Gillen (left) is running for Congress in New York against Anthony D’Esposito (right).Heather Walsh/The New York Times/Redux; Bonnie Cash/Getty Images
That did not go very well for him.
(The Late Show with Stephen Colbertspentthree minuteson the scandal the week that it broke.)
In one sense, its a marvel that DEsposito made it to Congress in the first place.
(It was stolen out of his unlocked cruiser.
But something changed after Biden won: In 2021, Democrats were swept out of office across Long Island.
To Rice, that off-year election was a flashing red light for Democrats the coming midterms.
Voters, she added simply, wanted to send a message to Washington.
Observers credited both victories to disaffection with the Biden administration and a resurgent Nassau Republican machine.
