Tom Suozzi announced Tuesday he is running to reclaim the 3rd Congressional District he held for six years and that is now represented by beleaguered Republican Rep. George Santos.

“You know me,” Suozzi said on social media. “I’ve never sat on the sidelines. From the cost of living to immigration, crime, climate change, combatting terrorism in the Middle East and globally, and simply helping people, we need more common sense and compassion and less chaos and senseless fighting.”

Suozzi, 61, a Democrat from Glen Cove, announced on multiple social media platforms his bid for Congress, calling out the current representative.

“The Madness in Washington, DC, and the absurdity of George Santos remaining in Congress is obvious to everyone,” Suozzi said.

Santos was charged in a 13-count indictment in May that included seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Just hours after Suozzi’s announcement to run for Congress, Santos was delivered with a 23-count superseding indictment from the Department of Justice.

The latest indictment includes one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, two counts of wire fraud, two counts of making materially false statements to the Federal Election Commission, two counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC, two counts of aggravated identity theft and one count of access device fraud.

Suozzi beat Santos in the race for New York’s 3rd Congressional District in 2020, narrowly securing his seat with 55.9% of the votes.

Santos told Talking Points Memo Suozzi won’t make it through the Democratic primary.

“He pissed off every New York Democrat by running against [Gov] Kathy [Hochul] and smearing her,” Santos said to the outlet.

In 2022, Suozzi announced that he was not running for re-election in Congress and ran for New York’s governor, which he lost to Gov. Kathy Hochul in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.

Before being elected to Congress in 2016, Suozzi was Nassau County executive from 2002 to 2009. He also served as Glen Cove’s mayor for four terms, beginning in 1994. In 2006, Suozzi lost the Democratic nomination for governor to former state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

In the House, Suozzi was a member of the Ways and Means Committee, the chief tax-writing committee and the vice-chair of the Problems Solvers Caucus. Suozzi has also been an advocate of increasing the cap on state and local taxes, known also as the SALT cap.

Suozzi joins a crowded race of about 20 candidates vying to replace Santos, including eight other Democrats and 10 Republicans.

He said that his official campaign kickoff will be held following local elections in November

“I need your support,” Suozzi said. “Together we can bring some sanity and reason back to Washington.”