Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik announced her campaign to run for governor of New York in a video shared online Friday (November 7) targeting Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani .

Stefanik, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump , focused on affordability in the video, which referred to Hochul as the "worst governor in America."

"There's no question: New York is facing an affordability crisis," a narrator said.

The video also ties Hochul to Mamdani, a self-described Democratic socialist who defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo decisively to be elected the next mayor of New York City earlier this week, after she had previously endorsed his campaign.

"Kathy Hochul made New York the most unaffordable state in the nation, crushing fam

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