Rep. Lee Zeldin speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo
Zeldin is GOP s presumed nominee against Cuomo after straw poll of county leaders
COLONIE, N.Y. New York’s Republicans have informally anointed U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, a four-term member of Congress from Long Island s Suffolk County, as their pick to run for governor next year, when Andrew Cuomo may be running for a fourth term.
Zeldin earned 85 percent of the weighted vote in a straw poll taken during a meeting of county leaders in a suburb of Albany. State party Chair Nick Langworthy said Zeldin will now be considered the “presumed nominee,” allowing him roughly 17 months to drum up support and donors for the 2022 general election.
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Zeldin is GOP s presumed nominee against Cuomo after straw poll of county leaders
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