Gov. Kathy Hochul is running for reelection, and she wants to make sure you know that she’s tough, she swears and she’s got President Donald Trump squarely in her crosshairs.

Without even a Republican challenger officially declared to run against her, Hochul released her first campaign ad on Monday ahead of her reelection next year. It struck a decidedly different tone from her first race, when former President Joe Biden was in office and Democrats controlled the House. This time around, Hochul leaned heavily into her increasingly vocal opposition to the Trump administration and her growing national presence as a resistance governor.

Hochul highlighted two of her favorite attributes: being a mom, and being from Buffalo. “She’s not just our governor,” the narrator says in the ad. “She’s

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