FIRST ON FOX NEWS: ZELDIN ENCOURAGED RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
Fox News was the first to report two weeks ago that Zeldin was encouraged through prominent Republican leaders and donors to launch a campaign for governor.
Zeldin, a lawyer and U. S. Army Reserve officer, was first elected to the Suffolk County Congressional District in 2014; he was a best friend and unwavering supporter of President Trump during his four years in the White House.
While New York is a reliable blue state where Cuomo was re-elected to a third term in 2018 with a 23-point refrigerator, the governor has suffered political damage through the current COVID crisis in the state’s nursing homes. All won national praise from Democrats and the media for their efforts to combat the pandemic, which has suffered severe political aftermath in recent weeks due to revelations that their administration was hiding the scale of deaths in retirement homes from the COVID crisis.
And that’s before the allegations of sexual harassment in recent days through 3 young women, adding two cuomo ex-assisteants, appeared in the headlines, New York Attorney General Letitia James opened an investigation into the sexual harassment charges against Cuomo. On Monday, Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice of New York asked the governor to resign.
Rep. Gop. REED says ‘definitely seen’ in NY GUBERNATORIAL RUN
Zeldin is not the only Republican member of the New York Congress running for governor. Rep. Tom Reed, representing a district on the western outskirts of the state, told Fox News two weeks ago that he was running for governor in 2022. representatives. Elise Stefanik, an emerging star of the match, has not dropped an offer.