Pilip, 44, of Great Neck maintains she has been effective in Nassau's 10th Legislative District, distributing county grants for police departments to purchase speed radar signs and license plate readers, and for the restoration of a village hall. George Santos’ two-year term and would need to run again in November for a full term. 13 election will serve out the remainder of expelled Rep. But it leaves her with a record that is conspicuously thinner than that of her opponent, Democrat Tom Suozzi, who over three decades has been Glen Cove mayor, Nassau County executive and held the 3rd District seat for six years before leaving it in 2022 to run for governor. The winner of the Feb. Pilip's tenure has been typical for first-term county legislators, her colleagues say.

A registered Democrat who was elected on the Republican line in 2021, she stuck with Republicans when voting on issues that ranged from a controversial redrawing of legislative maps to bipartisan support of a proposed casino. Pilip spoke far less than her colleagues on the legislature's horsehoe-shaped dais in Mineola, according to meeting transcripts. Mazi Melesa Pilip had spent two quiet years in the Nassau Legislature, co-sponsoring bills to deter antisemitism and car thefts, securing funds for villages and issuing proclamations honoring various residents, before Republicans announced her as their nominee in a special election for New York's 3rd Congressional District.

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