BREAKING: Gov. Kathy Hochul becomes the first woman ever elected governor of the state of New York, holding off a spirited challenge from Republican Lee Zeldin.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.Gov. Kathy Hochul on early Wednesday morning became the first woman ever elected governor of the state of New York, holding off a spirited challenge from Republican Lee Zeldin in a race that drew tens of millions of dollars in spending and appearances from some of the top names in politics as polls showed it drawing closer in recent weeks.
Hochul pledged to govern with "strength and compassion" as well as make the state a place "where families can raise their children." Following the roughly nine-minute speech, an explosion of confetti rained down on the crowd of cheering supporters. The Democratic governor ran a campaign based on her record in office as well as her support for abortion rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision earlier this year. She went to lengths to highlight Zeldin’s ties to former President Donald Trump, including his votes to object to the results of the 2020 election in two states.
Zeldin’s supporters, however, funded a pair of super PACs that aired frequent ads criticizing Hochul’s record on crime, an effort that drew $10 million from cosmetics billionaire Ronald Lauder alone. The independent effort — which is facing legal— evened out the spending in the campaign’s final stretch.
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