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Which Republican rides that rocky road to Albany?

The odds for next year’s Democratic nomination for New York State governor currently favor Gov. Kathy Hochul against insurgent Lt. Gov. Anthony Delgado. On the Republican side, it’s far more difficult right now to handicap who will emerge for the top spot.

State Republican Party officials are expected to try their best to avoid a primary and rally behind President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate, whoever that proves to be, at next spring’s state committee convention. But those drawing discussion in the GOP haven’t yet announced their candidacy.

From Long Island, there’s Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who continuously aligns with Trump. In previous decades, he lost bids for state comptroller, the U.S. House and Se

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