GOP Rep. Zeldin announces run for New York governor POLITICO 3 hrs ago By Bill Mahoney © Ting Shen-Pool/Getty Images Rep. Lee Zeldin speaks at a House Committee On Foreign Affairs hearing.
ALBANY Rep. Lee Zeldin announced Thursday that he will run for governor of New York next year, making him the first high-profile Republican to enter the race.
“With one-party Democrat rule in NYC and Albany, the light that once shone as a beacon of what America can be has gone dark,” the Long Island Republican said in a Thursday morning announcement. “The New York that was once a magnet for the world’s best and brightest is now forcing its own to leave under the crushing weight of skyrocketing taxes, lost jobs, suffocating regulations, and rising crime resulting from dangerously liberal policies.”
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ALBANY – Rep. Lee Zeldin, a Long Island Republican who closely allied himself with President Donald Trump as a member of Congress, has entered the race for New York governor.
Zeldin launched his campaign Thursday well ahead of the 2022 election, when embattled Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo would be seeking a fourth term if he decides to run and he s not removed from office by then.
The congressman is one of several New York Republicans eyeing the governor s office.
On Wednesday, Andrew Giuliani son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and a former Trump aide himself told multiple news outlets he is considering a run. North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik, another Trump ally, has also been mentioned as a possible candidate.
Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin announces run for New York governor
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U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington in 2019.Andrew Harnik | AP Photo
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New York Republican U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin announced his candidacy for governor of New York on Thursday with an attack on incumbent Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the subject of investigations over sexual harassment allegations and Covid-19 deaths among nursing home residents.
“The bottom line is this; to save New York, Andrew Cuomo’s gotta go,” Zeldin, a fourth-term Congress member from Long Island, said in a news release.