Lee Zeldin hopes to end a two-decade drought for Republicans seeking statewide office in New York. His optimism is driven by recent polls that appear to show him closing the gap with Gov. Hochul.
. They have upped weekly spending in the race in each of the last three weeks of October, and are now poised to outspend Democrats in the race’s final week $6 million to $4.6 million, according to the ad-tracking firm Ad-Impact.
Still, many Republican voters waiting for Zeldin and other candidates to take the stage on Thursday said they were ready for a change after 20 years without a win for a statewide GOP candidate and believed this was their chance. Results this cycle have been mixed. Her support in a primary for an upstate congressional district of right-wing political activist Carl PaladinoDemocrats face headwinds this coming Election Day. Crime and inflation appear to be essential issues to voters this year, and many appear ready to punish incumbents.
“The challenge is the Republicans are trying to run Trump-aligned characters in a state that knows Donald Trump better than any other and dislikes him more than any other,” Stavisky said. “There’s no guarantees and I don’t think anybody’s sleeping on it, but the public polls show [Hochul] should win and Democrats have a good shot at holding onto House seats.”
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