Grace Panetta

Political reporter

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Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, the state’s first woman governor, is running for a second term in what is likely to be a closely-watched and expensive race.

Hochul, formerly the lieutenant governor, ascended to the governor’s office in 2021 following former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation amid sexual misconduct allegations.

to a full term in 2022 in a close race against Republican Lee Zeldin, who now heads the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, winning 53 percent of the vote.

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Since then, Hochul has had a high profile — including through her often-adversarial relationship with President Donald Trump. Hochul prevailed in a lawsuit over the

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