He arrived on Capitol Hill engulfed in scandal, with an entourage of reporters often in tow.

Now, as questions about his personal history and campaign finances continue to swirl, Rep. George Santos is asking for two more years.

When asked by Spectrum News NY1 in an exclusive interview Wednesday why he should get a second chance, the Queens and Nassau County Republican said to judge him by what he does on Capitol Hill.

"Just let me do my work here. Give it time. Maybe by the end of this year, you'll see if you'll be able to judge me better," Santos said.

Santos has supported all of the major House Republican initiatives so far, like their energy bill.

He has introduced more than 10 bills of his own, including one to raise the cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes (SALT). But so far, he has failed to gain any co-sponsors, a sign that some colleagues are perhaps keeping their distance.

“Don’t discount my bills for dead yet,” Santos said, describing himself as “working through noise.”

In launching his 2024 re-election bid, Santos faces stiff political winds.

The Conservative Party of New York State says that under “no circumstances” will he get its ballot line.

Fellow Long Island Republican Nick LaLota, who has called for Santos to resign, did not mince words in a brief interview following Santos’ announcement.

“If he's not in jail next summer, I'll be fully campaigning for his Republican primary opponent,” LaLota said.

Santos, though, is undeterred.

“There’s something called a primary and I will petition to primary on any line I choose to do so,” Santos said.

Santos is facing federal, state and local investigations after revelations of questionable campaign finances and falsehoods on his resume. The House Ethics Committee is also looking into him.

In January, a Newsday/Siena College poll found 71% of Republican voters in his district believe he should resign.

Asked if his campaign announcement was designed to make it more politically fraught for a prosecutor to potentially charge him with a crime, Santos pushed back.

“Everybody has announced they're running for reelection already in one way or another, whether quietly or just by simply posting half a million plus dollar quarters. I do it, it's a big problem,” Santos said. “Can somebody point me to the direction where I'm not allowed to do that? Because I missed that memo.”

Santos’ reelection bid is off to a slow start financially.

Although the incumbent Republicans in other competitive House districts in New York have each raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations this year, Santos raised just $5,000 in the first quarter.

Santos says he has yet to truly start making fundraising calls. He also said he does not anticipate doing any self-funding this cycle.