GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin looking at NY governor run amid Cuomo nursing home controversy
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GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York is being encouraged by influential Republicans to run next year against Gov. Andrew Cuomo when the embattled three-term Democratic governor bids for reelection.
Zeldin – a four-term congressman who represents the eastern half of New York’s Long Island – has carefully listened to these people who have called him, according to the strategist, who asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely. While New York is a reliably blue state where Cuomo won reelection to a third term in 2018 by a massive 23-point margin, the governor has been politically wounded by the state’s current nursing home COVID crisis. Cuomo, who last year initially won national praise from Democrats and the media for his efforts battling the coronavirus pandemic, suffered political fallout in recent weeks from revelations that his administration concealed the full extent of nursing home-related deaths during the COVID crisis.More Related News