BREAKING: Gov. Kathy Hochul became the first woman to win New York's top job statewide on Tuesday night, according to three major networks, defeating Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin in a race that became far too close for Democrats’ liking. Election2022
of Long Island in a race that became far too close for Democrats’ liking in the closing weeks.
Zeldin, the grandson of an Orthodox rabbi, put on a charm offensive over the summer and through the fall with the help of a hefty dose of outside spending—more than $8 million from a pair of Super PACs funded by Ron Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress and heir to the Estée Lauder fortune—and, particularly in boosting his profile with the Hasidic community by running ads in opposition to new state regulations on yeshivas.
The scramble for influential endorsements in those communities became emblematic of how the normally predictable statewide election in the Empire State became upended, withto help in Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney’s congressional race north of New York City.
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