WASHINGTON — GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik has landed an “all-star” team of New York-bred strategists — including those who helped defeat Gov. Kathy Hochul in past races — and even Dem backers as she prepares to take on the governor, sources say.

The upstate Republican is set to announce her widely anticipated bid for governor as soon as next week — and has already hired such campaign heavyweights as Erie County natives Stefan Mychajliw and Chris Grant.

Mychajliw started as a journalist covering Hochul, and Grant was the chief strategist and media consultant behind GOP Rep. Chris Collins’ successful run against the gov for the House in 2012, the year Democratic President Barack Obama was re-elected.

“It will be my pleasure to help fire the worst governor in America to save New York,” said Myc

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