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ABC News projects Hochul wins New York governor race
ABC7 New York said ABC News projected Gov. Kathy Hochul would win reelection over Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman shortly after polls closed Tuesday.
ABC News projected that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, would win reelection over Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, ABC7 New York reported shortly after polls closed at 9 p.m. Tuesday1.
The station said the projection would mark the second time Hochul has been elected governor1. She became governor in 2021 after Andrew Cuomo resigned and won a full term the following year, ABC7 New York reported1.
Blakeman, still serving as Nassau County executive, would have been the first Republican elected to govern New York in 20 years if he had won, the station said1. ABC7 New York said Hochul had led in major polls through the campaign1.
Following a surge in early voting that the station put at nearly two million ballots, both campaigns made final appeals on Election Day1. Hochul campaigned Tuesday in Brooklyn and Queens and said, “I’ve been very accessible”1. Blakeman told supporters to vote if they wanted lower taxes, lower utility bills and safer communities, ABC7 New York reported1.
ABC7 New York did not publish unofficial statewide vote totals in the account1. The station noted that the Associated Press contributed to its report1.
