'Are we ready to fire Kathy Hochul?' conservative congressman Lee Zeldin told a cheering crowd of supporters. 'We will restore balance and common sense to Albany again.'
Long Island Rep. Lee Zeldin at a debate hosted by Spectrum News/NY1.Lee Zeldin, a staunchly conservative congressman from Long Island, has won the Republican primary for governor, the Associated Press projects.
Zeldin spent most of his victory speech attacking Gov. Kathy Hochul, the Democratic incumbent who was the projected winner by the AP over an hour before. The race was a contest of conservative values. A four-term congressman, Zeldin — who was endorsed by former Vice President Mike Pence — ran a campaign that appeared to tear a page straight from a hard-right Republican playbook: he championed former President Donald Trump, celebrated the end ofand vowed to protect gun rights.
Around 10:40 p.m., Andrew Giuliani took the podium to concede the race and rally his supporters behind the projected winner of the primary. Preliminary results showed him in second place behind the projected winner Tuesday night. He said voters needed to elect someone who would repeal cashless bail, get rid of vaccine mandates, create jobs and make budget cuts. As Giuliani rattled off the laundry list of conservative talking points, several people in the room yelled “Stop the steal!” and booed at the mention of Hochul.
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