拥有1500名成员的138号地方分会操作工程师工会支持迈克·利佩特里，这是美国竞争最激烈的众议院席位选举之一
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前州议员、纽约州共和党人迈克·利佩特里表示，国际操作工程师联盟138号地方分会的背书，反映出他在今年11月击败民主党众议员汤姆·苏奥齐的竞选活动日益高涨的热情。
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独家：在全美竞争最激烈的众议院席位选举之一中挑战弱势民主党现任议员的共和党人，正高调宣布获得关键劳工组织背书。
获前总统唐纳德·特朗普支持的前州议员迈克·利佩特里表示，国际操作工程师联盟138号地方分会的支持，反映出他的竞选活动势头正盛。
“我认为你会看到[更多工会]加入我们阵营，因为他们知道我们站在那些辛勤建设我们国家的男男女女一边，”利佩特里在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时说道。
该工会拥有1500名成员，此次背书为利佩特里带来助力，他正准备与民主党众议员汤姆·苏奥齐展开重赛。苏奥齐在2017年至2023年代表该选区，2024年重新夺回这个郊区摇摆席位。
共和党全国委员会正积极在11月中期选举前瞄准民主党众议员汤姆·苏奥齐。他的预期共和党挑战者迈克·利佩特里表示，该选区将“决定[众议院]多数席位的命运”。（内森·波斯纳/阿纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社）
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138号地方分会业务经理约翰·达菲在给福克斯新闻数字频道的声明中称赞了利佩特里的参选资格。
“我们需要在华盛顿有魄力的领导人——那些不怕卷起袖子实干、不找借口的人，”达菲说道。“迈克·利佩特里就是这样的人，138号地方分会的全体成员都会全程支持他。”
此次工会背书之际，共和党全国委员会正将苏奥zi视为首要目标，希望在11月选举前在覆盖长岛和皇后区部分区域的选区取得进展。
2024年特朗普在苏奥齐的选区以仅4个百分点的优势获胜，而利佩特里当时比现任议员落后3个百分点。
共和党基本已团结在利佩特里身后，他正努力在6月23日的共和党初选中击败律师格雷戈里·哈奇的挑战。利佩特里是共和党全国众议院委员会旗舰候选人计划的一员，被视为顶级招募人选。
“这个席位确实可以决定众议院多数席位的命运，”利佩特里告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“总统全力支持我们的竞选，他已经明确表达了背书，”他补充道。“众议院领导层也全力支持这场竞选。地方领导层同样全力以赴。”
利佩特里还指出，拿骚县行政长官布鲁斯·布莱克曼——民主党纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔的预定共和党对手，将有助于推动长岛的共和党选民投票率。
共和党挑战者迈克·利佩特里表示，138号地方分会的背书标志着他击败民主党众议员汤姆·苏奥齐的竞选活动势头日益强劲。（迈克·利佩特里竞选团队；汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-滚呼公司 via 盖蒂图片社）
“出尔反尔”：在激烈众议院选战中的民主党消防员抨击其全国工会支持的受欢迎特朗普政策
这位共和党挑战者还希望在移民、跨性别议题和税收政策上与苏奥齐划清界限，为11月的选举做准备。
作为中间派问题解决者核心小组的联合主席，苏奥齐一直将自己塑造成坚定的温和派。但利佩特里认为，这位现任议员在过去一年中偏离了这一形象。
在为期数月的移民资金对峙期间，苏奥齐明确与民主党人一道反对为美国移民与海关执法局（ICE）和美国海关与边境保护局（CBP）提供额外资金。
他最初在1月支持了一项国土安全部拨款法案，但随后公开为自己的投票道歉，称在左翼因特朗普政府在明尼阿波利斯的移民执法突击行动引发反弹之际，他“未能”将该立法视为“对ICE非法且不道德行为的公投”。苏奥齐随后采纳了民主党领导层的立场，推动将任何新拨款与移民执法改革捆绑在一起。
“我们需要始终坚定支持执法人员的人，”利佩特里告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，认为苏奥齐的投票“背叛”了联邦执法人员。
民主党众议员汤姆·苏奥齐在长岛一座犹太教堂外的抗议活动中发表讲话，此前左翼活动人士因他投票支持共和党拨款法案、增加移民与海关执法局资金而扰乱了该活动现场。（气候抵抗组织/Storyful）
苏奥齐还与民主党人一道投票反对禁止跨性别女性参加K-12学校女子体育赛事的法案，以及反对一项指示在国家广场建造女性历史博物馆的法案。一些民主党人强烈反对该提案，因为它将跨性别者排除在外，而利佩特里认为苏奥齐持相同观点。
“他们必须向选民解释，为什么他们认为不应该建造这座博物馆，为什么他们认为博物馆中应该包含跨性别主题展览，”该法案的发起人、纽约州共和党众议员妮可·马利奥塔基斯在5月说道，她指的是民主党人。
利佩特里还抨击苏奥齐投票反对特朗普的《一项宏伟法案》，该法案为小费、加班费和汽车贷款设立了新的税收减免政策。
“对加班费不征税对工会男女成员至关重要，”利佩特里告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“他们也看清了我的对手的真面目：一个只想着保住自己职位，而非履行职责的人。”
苏奥齐当时反对共和党预算法案，原因包括联邦医疗补助支出削减、反对延长对高收入人群的低税率等诸多担忧。
前总统唐纳德·特朗普2026年6月10日在华盛顿白宫椭圆形办公室展示签署后的《保障美国法案》，国会成员们在一旁鼓掌。（亚历克斯·王/盖蒂图片社）
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不过，这位共和党挑战者仍面临着挑战苏奥齐的艰巨筹款任务。根据最近提交给联邦选举委员会的文件，这位纽约州民主党人竞选资金储备近550万美元，而利佩特里的手头现金约为72.7万美元。
利佩特里表示，他的竞选团队是全国共和党挑战者中筹款表现最好的之一。
“我们将继续努力筹集资金，确保我们的信息能够传播出去，”利佩特里告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“人们对未来充满期待。”
无党派的库克政治报告将这场选举评级为“倾向民主党”。
福克斯新闻数字频道在发稿前已联系苏奥齐的竞选团队。
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6398241792112
EXCLUSIVE: Trump-backed challenger gains labor union support in key race for House control
Local 138’s 1,500-member operating engineers union backs Mike LiPetri in one of the nation’s most competitive House races
June 16, 2026 1:23pm EDT / Fox News
Former State Assembly member Mike LiPetri, R-N.Y., said his endorsement from the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 138 reflects growing enthusiasm for his campaign to unseat Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., in November.
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EXCLUSIVE: A Republican challenging a vulnerable Democratic incumbent in one of the nation’s most competitive House races is touting a key labor endorsement.
Mike LiPetri, a former state assembly member backed by President Donald Trump, said support from the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 138 reflects growing momentum behind his campaign.
“I think you’ll see [more unions] fall in line with us knowing that we stand with the men and women who work hard to build our country,” LiPetri told Fox News Digital in an interview.
The endorsement from the 1,500-member union gives LiPetri a boost as he prepares for a rematch contest against Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., who won back the suburban swing seat in 2024 after representing it from 2017 to 2023.
National Republicans are aggressively targeting Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., ahead of November’s midterm elections. Mike LiPetri, his expected GOP challenger, says the district could “decide the fate of the [House] majority.”(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Local 138 Business Manager John Duffy praised LiPetri’s candidacy in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“We need leaders in Washington with guts — people who aren’t afraid to roll up their sleeves to get the job done, no excuses,” Duffy said. “Mike LiPetri is that guy and the men and women of Local 138 are with him all the way.”
The support from the union comes as national Republicans, who view Suozzi as a top target, look to make gains in the district spanning parts of Long Island and Queens ahead of November’s elections.
Trump carried Suozzi’s seat by just over four points in 2024, while LiPetri ran three points behind the incumbent lawmaker.
Republicans have largely united behind LiPetri, who is seeking to fend off a challenge from attorney Gregory Hach in the June 23 GOP primary. LiPetri is part of the National Republican Congressional Committee’s flagship candidate program and is viewed as a top recruit.
“This seat can literally decide the fate of the majority,” LiPetri told Fox News Digital.
“The president is all in on our race, he’s given us a ringing endorsement,” he added. “House leadership is all in on this race. Local leadership is also all in on this race.”
LiPetri also argued that Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, the presumptive GOP nominee against Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., would help drive Republican turnout on Long Island.
Republican challenger Mike LiPetri said the endorsement from Local 138 signals growing momentum for his campaign to unseat Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y.(Mike LiPetri campaign; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
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The GOP challenger is also seeking to draw sharp contrasts with Suozzi on immigration, transgender issues and tax policy as he looks ahead to November.
Suozzi, the co-chair of the centrist Problem Solvers Caucus, has branded himself as a staunch moderate. But LiPetri argued the incumbent has strayed from that image over the past year.
Suozzi notably joined Democrats in opposing additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) during the months-long standoff over immigration spending.
He initially backed a Department of Homeland Security funding bill in January but later publicly apologized for his vote, saying he “failed” to view the legislation as “a referendum on the illegal and immoral conduct of ICE” amid backlash from the left over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis. Suozzi later adopted Democratic leadership’s position in pushing to pair any new funding with reforms to immigration enforcement.
“We have to have someone that stays strong with law enforcement,” LiPetri told Fox News Digital, arguing Suozzi had “betrayed” federal law enforcement officers with his votes.
Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi speaks at a protest outside a Jewish temple on Long Island after left-wing activists disrupted the site over his vote for a Republican-backed spending bill increasing funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.(Climate Defiance/Storyful)
Suozzi also voted with Democrats against legislation barring biological males from women’s sports in K-12 schools and against a bill to direct the construction of a women’s history museum on the National Mall. Some Democrats vigorously objected to the proposal because it excluded transgender people, and LiPetri argued Suozzi shared that view.
“They’re going to have to explain to their voters why they believe this museum should not be built and why they believe that there should be transgender exhibits in it,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., the measure’s sponsor, said in May, referring to Democrats.
LiPetri also hammered Suozzi for his vote against Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which created new deductions for tips, overtime pay, and automobile loans.
“No tax on overtime was critical for union men and women,” LiPetri told Fox News Digital. “And they see who my opponent really is, someone that focuses on keeping his job rather than doing his job.”
Suozzi opposed Republicans’ budget law at the time over cuts to federal Medicaid spending and objections to extending lower tax rates for the highest earners, among other concerns.
President Donald Trump displays the signed Secure America Act in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2026, as members of Congress applaud.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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However, the GOP challenger still faces a steep fundraising climb against Suozzi. The New York Democrat has nearly $5.5 million in his campaign’s war chest compared to LiPetri’s roughly $727,000 cash on hand, according to recent Federal Election Commission filings.
LiPetri said his campaign is among the top fundraisers for GOP challengers nationwide.
“We’re gonna keep pushing and raising our money to make sure our message gets out there,” LiPetri told Fox News Digital. “People are excited for what’s ahead.”
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the race “Lean Democrat.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Suozzi’s campaign before publication.
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