New York’s Kathy Hochul Vies to Be More Than ‘Placeholder Governor’ in Tight Race
- Polls show race has narrowed in days before Tuesday election
- Deep-blue state was long considered a shoo-in for Democrats
Kathy Hochul during a Get Out The Vote event in New York, US, on Nov. 3.
Photographer: Anthony Behar/Sipa/Bloomberg
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In a referendum on Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul’s short time in office, New Yorkers will vote on Tuesday in a race that’s dramatically narrowed as Republican Lee Zeldin has gone after his opponent over crime and inflation.
Just months ago Hochul was considered to have a lock on the governor’s mansion in a state that hasn’t had a Republican governor in 16 years. But her tendency to avoid conflict, paired with scant campaigning until the final weeks before the election, means many voters may not know enough about her or where she stands on key issues to give her a full term.