New York Could Elect Its First Republican Governor in Almost 25 Years as Stefanik Surges

With her lackluster support further weighed down by the political albatross of far-left Democrat Zohran Mamdani, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is highly vulnerable to being defeated by Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik in next year’s election for governor, according to a new poll.

Although the poll was commissioned by Stefanik’s campaign, and comes 13 months before voters render their verdict on Hochul, it captured what Newsweek called the “changing mood of the electorate.”

The poll of 1,250 likely voters had a 2.6 percent margin of error. The poll asked about a Stefanik-Hochul race in two ways.

In a straight-up contest, Hochul emerged on top 48 percent to 43 percent. When respondents were told of Hochul’s support for Mamdani, a far-left candidate for New York City

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