Democrat Strategists Express Alarm Over GOP Gains in New York Ahead of Midterms

Democrat Strategists Express Alarm Over GOP Gains in New York Ahead of Midterms
(Left) New York Republican gubernatorial nominee Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) speaks during a press conference at the entrance to the Rikers Island jail in New York on Oct. 24, 2022. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images); (Right) New York State Governor Kathy Hochul speaks on stage during The 2022 Concordia Annual Summit-Day 2 at Sheraton New York in New York on Sept. 20, 2022. John Lamparski/Getty Images for Concordia Summit
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Some Democrat strategists have expressed alarm by recent Republican gains and warned incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul could be defeated next week.

New York has not elected a Republican candidate for governor in decades. An aggregate of polls from RealClearPolitics shows that Hochul’s alleged lead over Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) has shrunk in recent weeks, coming as Zeldin has repeatedly targeted Hochul and Democrats for what he said are their soft-on-crime policies—prompting Hochul to declare herself the “underdog” in the race last week.

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