NY GOP aims to pick gubernatorial candidate in June, 17 months before election Updated Apr 29, 2021; Posted Apr 29, 2021 New York state Republican Party Chairman Nick Langworthy says the party will pick a 2022 gubernatorial candidate early this summer.Teri Weaver | tweaver@syracuse.com Facebook Share East Syracuse, N.Y. -- New York’s Republicans aim to get behind one gubernatorial candidate in June, an effort to jumpstart fundraising and campaigning to win a seat held by Democrats for the past 15 years. “We need to do something different,” GOP state Chairman Nick Langworthy said today. “We are a year ahead of our previous timelines.”