NY GOP gubernatorial primary still a ‘free-for-all’ as voting day nears

[Kamaji]

NY GOP gubernatorial primary still a ‘free-for-all’ as voting day nears

By Zach Williams and Bernadette Hogan
June 8, 2022

With the national political environment favoring Republicans this year, the New York GOP is bullish about winning their first statewide election in two decades.

Now they just have to decide whether Long Island Rep. Lee Zeldin, former White House aide Andrew Giuliani, former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino or businessman Harry Wilson should be the party’s pick to, in all likelihood, face Gov. Kathy Hochul in November.

“It’s a tough race to handicap and right now, it looks like a free-for-all – it’s wide open and a lot of positioning in terms of where they’re gonna be,” Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Poll, told the Post Wednesday. “But Republicans recognize they’re the smaller party in New York and this could be a Republican year nationally. The debate becomes very important for them.”

“I am really optimistic about Republican chances this fall – you look at what happened in San Francisco yesterday where a left wing DA is recalled. The overriding issue is crime. New Yorkers don’t feel safe, and with good reason,” said New York’s former three-term Republican Gov. George Pataki, referring to the successful recall election of left-leaning district attorney Chesa Boudin.

With fewer than three weeks to go before the June 28 primary – early voting begins June 18 – the race is still up in the air, though a Post analysis of fundraising and polling indicates two candidates have separated themselves from the rest.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/06/08/ny-gop-gubernatorial-primary-still-a-free-for-all-as-voting-day-nears/

[Fishrrman]

The results are a foregone conclusion.

Short of an earthquake so massive that it splits the Adirondacks apart and sinks the Catskills into the Hudson, the democrat-communist candidate will win.

I'd be very pleased to see this prediction fail.