Gov. Kathy Hochul’s lead against potential GOP opponent Rep. Elise Stefanik has shrunk since June, while Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani continues to lead the pack among New York City mayoral candidates heading towards November.

A new poll from Siena College of registered voters in New York found that Hochul would handily beat Stefanik in a head-to-head race by a margin of 45% to 31%, but that 14 percentage point lead is down significantly from the 23 point advantage that Hochul had in the last poll released July 1 , when the governor led Stefanik 47%-24%. The Republican member of Congress has not made an official decision on whether she will run for governor, but she has been consistently attacking Hochul’s performance as governor for weeks.

Despite making some progress in closing the

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