New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman is closer to unseating Gov. Kathy Hochul and turning the Empire State red than Lee Zeldin was in the home stretch of last election — when the GOP rival mounted a nail-bitingly close challenge, a stunning new poll reveals.
The Democrat incumbent leads Blakeman by just 10 points — 49% to 39% — among likely voters, according to a Siena College survey conducted in early August.
This places the Nassau County executive in a better position than Republican candidate Zeldin was at this time four years ago.
In August 2022, Hochul, just finishing her first year as governor, led the then-Long…
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