Republican Lee Zeldin now leads in NY governor's race

 Red States:

The gubernatorial race in New York was the sleeper race that not too many were paying attention to at the start, figuring that Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) probably didn’t have much of a shot.

But Zeldin has been gaining steadily on Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul from being back by double digits over the past few months. He’s been emphasizing the problem of crime in New York, something that is very important to voters and on which the Republicans have a big edge–given the Democrats association with the “defund the police” movement and soft-on-crime prosecutors.

Now, a stunning poll shows him moving ahead of Hochul by percentage points: 45.6 percent to 45.3 percent, according to the pollster company co/efficient’s survey. Last month, the same poll had Zeldin down by six points. The poll was of 1,056 likely voters with a margin of error of 3.31 points. Co/efficient also predicted Glenn Youngkin’s big win in Virginia in 2021.
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Twenty-three percent of Democrats are supporting Zeldin, according to the poll.
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Zeldin is also leading among independents and Hispanics. It has been a while since New York had a GOP governor, but it is not unheard of. 

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