Bruce Blakeman, now the 2026 GOP candidate for governor, offers New York a refreshingly common-sense agenda with real hope to reverse the state’s long decline. The Nassau County exec is a perfect contrast to Gov. Kathy Hochul: a straight-shooting, practical leader who puts truth and principle ahead of political convenience.
, the current Nassau County executive, plunged from 20 percentage points to 13 points among registered New York state voters over the past month, according to the Siena College survey released Tuesday.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman is closing the gap with Gov. Kathy Hochul, according to a new poll from Siena College.Part of the shift toward Blakeman and away from Hochul came from non-affiliated or independent voters.Her substantial lead among registered New York City voters also dropped, from from 46 points — 63% to 17% — last month to 29 points, 54% to 25% in March. The poll of 804 registered voters shows Hochul up by 5 points in the suburbs and 2 points upstate, the latter is within the poll’s 4.2 percentage point margin of error. “Is that movement or merely noise? Let’s see what happens next month after the budget is approved and as the campaign unfolds,” said Siena pollster Steve Greenberg.Both Hochul and her Republican opponent Lee Zeldin had primary opponents in the Siena College poll from March 2022. The primary elections did not take place until June and Zeldin wasn’t even mentioned in the Siena poll from that month.claiming he was down by only 9 points , and his own tracking has him ahead in the suburbs and winning more support among voters in the city than the Siena poll indicated.“We’re closing the gap at lightning speed because New Yorkers need real relief from Kathy Hochul’s cost of living crisis, and they’ll get it with my plan to cut income taxes, slash utility bills in half, and make New York affordable,” Blakeman said. Hochul campaign spokesperson Ryan Radulovack, responding to the Siena poll said, “Every day, Kathy Hochul is delivering for New Yorkers – lowering costs, investing billions to keep families safe, and standing up to Donald Trump – while Bruce Blakeman is offering the opposite: higher prices, Medicaid cuts, and letting Trump’s ICE trample on New Yorkers’ rights. That’s how you become a six-time loser, and it’s why Blakeman is being rejected again.” Hochul has a huge fundraising advantage, with $20.18 million in her campaign treasury compared with $1.6 million for Blakeman’s run, election records show. Kristi Noem weighs in on report husband lives cross-dressing double life: 'The family was blindsided by this'Referee explains what really happened in strange March Madness moment with fiery UConn coach Why TSA workers in Atlanta are being ordered to give back gift cards that Tyler Perry handed out during shutdownPentagon preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran — as Trump warned regime to ‘get serious’ about peace deal: reportMamdani shows no respect for older New Yorkers who are killed — but he has plenty of sympathy for law breakersMartha Stewart says this eyeliner ‘helps a lot’ — and it’s on sale at AmazonTaron Egerton can’t keep his hands — or lips — off Brooks Nader during steamy beachside dateRepublican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman is closing the gap with Gov. Kathy Hochul, according to a new poll from Siena College.Stream It Or Skip It: 'Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole' On Netflix, Where A Troubled Detective Tracks Down A Serial Killer Who Is Terrorizing Oslo
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