Thomas Richard Suozzi (born August 31, 1962) is an American politician, attorney, and accountant who is the U.S. Representative for New York's 3rd district.
Suozzi was the County Executive of Nassau County, New York, in office from 2002 to 2009. He was first elected to the post in 2001 after four terms as mayor of Glen Cove, New York. In 2006, he ran unsuccessfully against Eliot Spitzer for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New York. Suozzi was narrowly defeated for re-election in 2009 by Republican nominee Ed Mangano, and in a rematch in 2013 was again defeated, this time by a much larger margin of 59% to 41%. He was first elected to United States House of Representatives in 2016 and then reelected in 2018.
Suozzi currently sits on the House Ways and Means Committee and the Congressional Executive Commission on China. Suozzi formerly sat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Armed Services Committee.
