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NEW YORK — Tom Suozzi, a fast-talking, surefooted centrist Democrat, won the special congressional election Tuesday for former Rep. George Santos’ district, according to The Associated Press, prevailing in a race centered on immigration. In overcoming the inexperienced Republican nominee, Mazi Melesa Pilip, Suozzi chips into the Republicans’ already fragile House majority. When he takes office in the coming days or weeks, Suozzi is expected to narrow the GOP’s majority in the chamber to two seats, further weakening the unwieldy and fractious ruling Republican caucus. The victory by Suozzi figu…