{"id":468670,"date":"2022-06-29T05:30:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T02:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rep-lee-zeldin-clinches-gop-nomination-for-ny-governor\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T05:30:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T02:30:09","slug":"rep-lee-zeldin-clinches-gop-nomination-for-ny-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rep-lee-zeldin-clinches-gop-nomination-for-ny-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rep. Lee Zeldin clinches GOP nomination for NY governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24961c2f4f9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24961c2f4f9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rep-lee-zeldin-clinches-gop-nomination-for-ny-governor\/#%E2%80%9CRep_Lee_Zeldin_clinches_GOP_nomination_for_NY_governor%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Rep. Lee Zeldin clinches GOP nomination for NY governor&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRep_Lee_Zeldin_clinches_GOP_nomination_for_NY_governor%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Rep. Lee Zeldin clinches GOP nomination for NY governor&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin clinched the Republican nomination for governor Tuesday, handily winning the party primary against former White House staffer Andrew Giuliani, businessman Harry Wilson and ex-Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre we ready to fire Kathy \u00adHochul?\u201d he asked a crowd of supporters as he gave a victory speech just before 11 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us, we believe that public service is about serving the public,\u201d\u00a0he\u00a0added. \u201cKathy Hochul has been acting as if the public has been there to serve her.\u201d<br \/>Zeldin held a roughly 43% to\u00a023% lead over Giuliani with more than 60% of the votes counted. Astorino was in third at 19% and Wilson at 15%.<\/p>\n<p>The four-term House member from eastern Long Island entered the race in April 2021, before any of his rivals, helping him obtain big fundraising and endorsement advantages<\/p>\n<p>Party leaders gave Zeldin, endorsed by the Post Editorial Board, their backing at the GOP state convention held on Long \u00adIsland earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>He <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/emersonpolling.reportablenews.com\/pr\/new-york-2022-zeldin-hochul-matchup-likely-for-new-york-governor-s-seat\">led most polls throughout the race<\/a>, including a June 13 survey that showed Zeldin with 34%, compared to 16% for Astorino, 15% for Wilson and 13% for Giuliani.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-122.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) speaks during his election night party at the Coral House on June 28, 2022 in Baldwin, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-22846586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-122.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-122.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-122.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) speaks during his election night party at the Coral House on June 28, 2022 in Baldwin, New York.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zeldin will run in the November election alongside former NYPD Deputy Inspector Alison Esposito \u2014 who ran unopposed for her party\u2019s nomination for lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin promised ahead of the primary that he would move to remove controversial Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on \u201cDay One\u201d if elected governor this November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[There\u2019s] going to be an expedited process where we already have enough facts in front of us that he is refusing to enforce the law and I believe he should be removed and I believe that it is my constitutional duty to get it done,\u201d Zeldin said at GOP headquarters in Albany Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He repeated the vow in his \u00advictory speech.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-123.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York Lt. Gov candidate Alison Esposito speaks at Lee Zeldin's election night party.\" class=\"wp-image-22846587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-123.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-123.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-123.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New York Lt. Gov candidate Alison Esposito speaks at Lee Zeldin\u2019s election night party.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The four-way race was heated at time with Wilson in a mistakenly sent text calling Zeldin a \u201cscumbag\u201d and vandals scrawling swastikas on the Jewish Zeldin\u2019s lawn sign in Huntington.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin meanwhile dismissed Andrew Giuliani in their final debate as a former \u201cChick-Fil-A runner at the White House outranked by the Easter Egg Bunny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the rancor, Zeldin thanks Giuliani and said he \u201chas a bright future in New York politics.\u201d He also thanked Astorino and Wilson.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-115.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Zeldin won the GOP Primary for NY Governor over his three primary challengers.\" class=\"wp-image-22846584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-115.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-115.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-115.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Zeldin won the GOP Primary for NY Governor over his three primary challengers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In his speech,\u00a0Zeldin\u00a0also\u00a0declared that that leftist policies have led many Empire State residents to reach a \u201cbreaking point\u201d at which they have decided to live elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now we\u2019re seeing with this population loss, one party rule, super majorities in the Assembly and Senate outsize power of people who self-described as <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ists,\u201d he told the crowd in Long Island.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are New Yorkers hitting this breaking point? They don\u2019t feel safe on our streets, and on subways, in their homes and in their places of employment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey feel like life in New York is unaffordable, that their money will go further somewhere else,\u201d the federal lawmaker added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-107.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Supporters attend an election night party for Republican gurbernatorial candidate, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) at the Coral House on June 28, 2022 in Baldwin, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-22846583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-107.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-107.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-107.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Supporters attend an election night party for Republican gurbernatorial candidate, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) at the Coral House on June 28, 2022 in Baldwin, New York.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t just a red wave. This is a common-sense wave,\u201d he told the crowd during\u00a0his\u00a0rousing victory speech. \u201cIt\u2019s a common sense wave that reaches out \u2026 to all counties in all regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re reaching out for all of you to work with us to save New York,\u201d the lawmaker added. \u201cThis is a rescue mission to save our state, and losing is not an option.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Lee Zeldin clinches GOP nomination for NY governor&#8221; Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin clinched the Republican nomination for governor Tuesday, handily winning the party primary against former White House staffer Andrew Giuliani, businessman Harry Wilson and ex-Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino. \u201cAre we ready to fire Kathy \u00adHochul?\u201d he asked a crowd of supporters&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":468671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/zeldin-victory-index.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[130763,101186,70288,98806,94363,120495,67844,106263],"class_list":["post-468670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-6-28-22","tag-andrew-giuliani","tag-elections","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-lee-zeldin","tag-ny-governors-race-2022","tag-republicans","tag-rob-astorino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}