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Hochul won a full term in office, defeating Zeldin in the closest New York gubernatorial election since 1994 and the closest Democratic victory since 1982. Hochul's election marked the first time that a woman was elected to the state's governorship. [2]
Alison Esposito, a former NYPD employee, was Zeldin's running mate. [8] She was the first openly gay party nominee in state history. [9] Zeldin was endorsed by several Democrats. [10] [11] Zeldin would lose to Hochul by 6.4%, the best NY GOP gubernatorial performance since 2002, and the best NY GOP gubernatorial raw number since 1970.
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Rep. Lee Zeldin and Gov. Kathy Hochul. Each day last week seemed to bring a new ray of sunny news for Zeldin, who trailed by more than 20 percentage points in some early polls of the race.
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Today is election day and voters across the state and Chemung County are heading to the polls in the Nov. 8 New York General Election.
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Zeldin lost the election to incumbent governor Kathy Hochul while receiving the highest percentage of the vote for a Republican gubernatorial nominee since 2002 and the highest raw vote total for a Republican gubernatorial nominee since 1970. In November 2024, Zeldin was nominated by Trump for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.