Republican Bruce Blakeman is officially entering the race for New York governor . The Nassau County executive formally launched his 2026 campaign with a video message early Tuesday morning.

"We're going to win because, in Nassau County -- which is a mirror image of New York State, the demographics are almost the same -- I got almost a third of the African American vote, when most Republicans only get like 9%. I got 56% of the Hispanic American votes, I got independent women, I've got independent men, cross-over Democrats. We won by 36,000 votes in a county with 110,000 more Democrats," Blakeman added in an interview on Fox News.

Blakeman's entry into the race sets up a primary challenge against upstate Congresswoman Elise Stefanik , a rising figure in the Republican party and ma

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