The former Lt. Gov. who got her job when Andrew Cuomo quit under sexual harassment stories….She was never actually in trouble political wise….
She started off 20% ahead in a Blue state ….
(Her win should be close to the same percentage margin)
About two weeks ago Right leaning outfits started showing polls that closed the race….
This while Rep. Lee Zeldin had two stories about crimes hit the media…
One a attack against him…
Another two people shot outside his LI home…
Reports are that Hochel WAS scared of losing and brought in the heavy Democratic hitters to draw out the vote (Jill Biden, President Biden, Hillary Clinton )…
She’s NOT really a good campaigner….
But she’s the first New York woman Governor and she worked for hard for this in the end….
The New York right leaning media takes a loss on this one….
Gov. Kathy Hochul gave a victory speech late Tuesday night, declaring “Given the choice, New Yorkers refused to go backwards on progress” after a bruising election fight.
“Tonight you made your voices heard loud and clear,” Hochul told a crowd of supporters in Manhattan. “And you made me the first woman ever elected to be the governor of the state of New York”
She added: “I’m not hear to make history, I’m here to make a difference.”
In the address, she said that she would focus her first full term on the state’s crippling housing shortage and public safety, which became one of the key issues in the gubernatorial race.
“Given the choice, New Yorkers refused to go backwards on progress,” she said to an enthusiastic crowd at her watch party at Capitale in Manhattan’s Chinatown. “I believe with every fiber in my body that our best days are ahead.”
Statewide results show that Hochul maintains a substantial 56% to 43% lead statewide over Congressman Lee Zeldin with approximately 70 percent of the state’s election districts reporting….
image…..Reuters