Three governor races to watch. New York third:
Don’t look now, but Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) is surging in his bid against incumbent Governor Kathy Hochul.
Per FiveThirtyEight’s polling average, Hochul is leading Zeldin 50.1% to 42.5%. So, this race may not be as close as Nevada or Oregon, but that doesn’t mean that Republicans should throw in the towel.
On October 18, Quinnipiac University released a poll showing Hochul with a 50-46% lead over Zeldin. That’s the closest QU’s poll has been all cycle, according to the Gotham Gazette.
“In the blue state of New York, the race for governor is competitive,” Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Mary Snow said in a statement. “Democrats have cruised to victory in gubernatorial races since 2006, but Governor Hochul’s narrow edge puts Republican Lee Zeldin well within striking distance of her.”
Writing for Daily Wire+, columnist Dave Marcus outright predicted that Zeldin would win given the prominence of issues such as crime and inflation in the race.
Marcus concluded:
In politics as in life, many things seem absolutely certain right up until they don’t. That’s where the governor’s race has arrived in New York. A once unthinkable Zeldin win isn’t just being thought of now, it’s become more likely than not to occur. For a city and state crippled by crime, which went through some of the harshest Covid lockdowns, thanks in part to Hochul, and has bled citizens to Florida like they are following Moses, a new dawn seems to be cracking the horizon. You heard it here first, Lee Zeldin is going to win.
Marcus’s entire column can be read here .
https://www.dailywire.com/news/midterm-exam-top-governors-races-that-could-flip-red-part-one