Trump-Aligned Lawmaker Elise Stefanik Announces Run for NY Governor

Tom Durante Nov 7th, 2025, 7:08 am

(Rod Lamkey, Jr./AP photo)

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), a close ally of President Donald Trump , has announced a 2026 gubernatorial bid in her home state of New York.

The Republican lawmaker announced her plans to challenge sitting Gov. Kathy Hochul in a social media post early Friday morning.

“Kathy Hochul is the Worst Governor in America,” Stefanik said in the post. “Under her failed leadership, New York is the most unaffordable state in the nation with the highest taxes, highest energy, utilities, rent, and grocery bills. When New Yorkers were looking for leadership from our Governor, she bent the knee to the raging Defund the Police, Tax Hiking Communist causing catastr

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