Rep. Mike Lawler, once considered a top GOP candidate for governor, officially endorsed Rep. Elise Stefanik in her effort to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul.

“She has taken on the big fights. She has stood up for her values and what she believes in,” Lawler said at a rally for Rockland County Republicans in his Hudson Valley district. “She has stood up for Americans all across this country and New Yorkers who have been forgotten by failed, feckless leadership in Albany.”

Stefanik made her case on affordability that has become the campaign theme for next year.

“Under Kathy Hochul's failed leadership, New York is the most unaffordable state in the nation, with the highest taxes, highest utility bills, highest energy prices, highest insurance prices, the list goes on and on,” Stefanik said.

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