In a surprise, Schuylerville Misrepresentative Elise Stefanik announced earlier this week that 1) she would not seek re-election in 2026, after serving out her current term, and 2) she was suspending her campaign for governor.
Recent polls showed that Stefanik was down by double digits against Governor Kathy Hochul. Stefanik decided she wanted to spend more time with her family, and made the decision to walk away. Her decision came days after Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, like Stefanik an ally of president Trump, had announced his intentions to run.
Blakeman, you might recall, is the cementhead who decided that schools in his country would not abide by the state's mandate to replace Native American sports team nicknames & imagery, and, back in June, signed into law a ban on transgender women competing in sports, citing speculation passed off as facts. Unsurprisingly, Orange Pinocchio endorsed Blakeman on Saturday.
If history has shown us anything, however, Blakeman has a very rough road to hoe to get to Albany. Hochul defeated another downstate politico, Lee Zeldin, in 2022. Buffalo-based Marc Molinaro and Tom Golisano had tried & failed vs. Andrew Cuomo.
In other words, Blakeman has two chances vs. Hochul, and slim has one foot out the door. Blakeman's bigoted policies won't work in Albany, and I'm surprised Hochul hasn't already overruled him on the transgender ban, which she should.
Funeral services will be held for Blakeman's political career in November.
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