Hochul has nearly cleared the field in her path to reelection
Transparency shouldn't be controversial.
After several reelection challengers have dropped their bids to personal best favorability ratings, things are looking way up for the once-not-so-popular Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY).
Hochul is clearing the field in her mission to win back Albany this fall, knocking another candidate out of her way this week, with Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (D-NY) dropping his bid to challenge her. Delgado, Hochul’s only prominent Democratic challenger, became the second big hurdle to fall before election day — Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) being the first.
Delgado forfeited his bid on Tuesday, falling from his attempt at wrangling the more progressive wing of the New York party behind him, to having to serve out the rest of his term with his boss he decided to challenge. Hochul likely has one main person to thank for Delgado’s decision to drop: her new friend in the Big Apple.
When New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed Hochul’s bid for reelection on Feb. 5, he coalesced his loyal leftist supporters around her and drained Delgado’s likely base of progressive support.
“After much consideration, I’ve concluded that there simply is no viable path forward. And though my campaign has come to an end, I fully intend to do all I can in our effort to build a more humane, affordable, and equitable state that serves all New Yorkers,” Delgado said.
Jacob Neiheisel, political science professor and campaign expert at the University of Buffalo, told the Washington Examiner that despite Delgado tapping a Democratic Socialists of America running mate pick with India Walton this month, once Hochul and Mamdani embraced each other, there was not much he could do.
“I think with Hochul tacking left, embracing Mamdani, and that being reciprocated, I don’t think that there was a lane to really run in for Delgado,” Neiheisel said. “It was really just something that would potentially split the party without much in the way of benefits.”
Between appearing with Mamdani in multiple press conferences and working with him on several policy initiatives, Hochul — once seen as a Democratic moderate — is making a significant, pragmatic progressive swing. Hochul partnered with Mamdani to expand universal child care in the state and city, and partnered with his administration in making announcement to curb Immigration and Customs Enforcement influence in the state.
Hochul’s pragmatic bend toward working with the leftist mayor has not only cleared Delgado from the primary, but it’s also boosted her …
Transparency shouldn't be controversial.
After several reelection challengers have dropped their bids to personal best favorability ratings, things are looking way up for the once-not-so-popular Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY).
Hochul is clearing the field in her mission to win back Albany this fall, knocking another candidate out of her way this week, with Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (D-NY) dropping his bid to challenge her. Delgado, Hochul’s only prominent Democratic challenger, became the second big hurdle to fall before election day — Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) being the first.
Delgado forfeited his bid on Tuesday, falling from his attempt at wrangling the more progressive wing of the New York party behind him, to having to serve out the rest of his term with his boss he decided to challenge. Hochul likely has one main person to thank for Delgado’s decision to drop: her new friend in the Big Apple.
When New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed Hochul’s bid for reelection on Feb. 5, he coalesced his loyal leftist supporters around her and drained Delgado’s likely base of progressive support.
“After much consideration, I’ve concluded that there simply is no viable path forward. And though my campaign has come to an end, I fully intend to do all I can in our effort to build a more humane, affordable, and equitable state that serves all New Yorkers,” Delgado said.
Jacob Neiheisel, political science professor and campaign expert at the University of Buffalo, told the Washington Examiner that despite Delgado tapping a Democratic Socialists of America running mate pick with India Walton this month, once Hochul and Mamdani embraced each other, there was not much he could do.
“I think with Hochul tacking left, embracing Mamdani, and that being reciprocated, I don’t think that there was a lane to really run in for Delgado,” Neiheisel said. “It was really just something that would potentially split the party without much in the way of benefits.”
Between appearing with Mamdani in multiple press conferences and working with him on several policy initiatives, Hochul — once seen as a Democratic moderate — is making a significant, pragmatic progressive swing. Hochul partnered with Mamdani to expand universal child care in the state and city, and partnered with his administration in making announcement to curb Immigration and Customs Enforcement influence in the state.
Hochul’s pragmatic bend toward working with the leftist mayor has not only cleared Delgado from the primary, but it’s also boosted her …
Hochul has nearly cleared the field in her path to reelection
Transparency shouldn't be controversial.
After several reelection challengers have dropped their bids to personal best favorability ratings, things are looking way up for the once-not-so-popular Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY).
Hochul is clearing the field in her mission to win back Albany this fall, knocking another candidate out of her way this week, with Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (D-NY) dropping his bid to challenge her. Delgado, Hochul’s only prominent Democratic challenger, became the second big hurdle to fall before election day — Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) being the first.
Delgado forfeited his bid on Tuesday, falling from his attempt at wrangling the more progressive wing of the New York party behind him, to having to serve out the rest of his term with his boss he decided to challenge. Hochul likely has one main person to thank for Delgado’s decision to drop: her new friend in the Big Apple.
When New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed Hochul’s bid for reelection on Feb. 5, he coalesced his loyal leftist supporters around her and drained Delgado’s likely base of progressive support.
“After much consideration, I’ve concluded that there simply is no viable path forward. And though my campaign has come to an end, I fully intend to do all I can in our effort to build a more humane, affordable, and equitable state that serves all New Yorkers,” Delgado said.
Jacob Neiheisel, political science professor and campaign expert at the University of Buffalo, told the Washington Examiner that despite Delgado tapping a Democratic Socialists of America running mate pick with India Walton this month, once Hochul and Mamdani embraced each other, there was not much he could do.
“I think with Hochul tacking left, embracing Mamdani, and that being reciprocated, I don’t think that there was a lane to really run in for Delgado,” Neiheisel said. “It was really just something that would potentially split the party without much in the way of benefits.”
Between appearing with Mamdani in multiple press conferences and working with him on several policy initiatives, Hochul — once seen as a Democratic moderate — is making a significant, pragmatic progressive swing. Hochul partnered with Mamdani to expand universal child care in the state and city, and partnered with his administration in making announcement to curb Immigration and Customs Enforcement influence in the state.
Hochul’s pragmatic bend toward working with the leftist mayor has not only cleared Delgado from the primary, but it’s also boosted her …
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