PLATTBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) - After months of speculation, Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik made it official. The North Country congresswoman, a key ally of President Trump, launched her bid for New York governor Friday morning on Fox News.

“New York is the most unaffordable state in the nation, with the highest taxes, the highest energy bills, the highest utility bills. We also have a crime crisis because Kathy Hochul has brought us failed bail reform and has embraced the defund the police Democrats,” Stefanik said.

Some voters in the North Country said they’re sad to see her leave Congress, while others believe she would be the wrong choice for the Empire State’s next governor.

“I think it is a wonderful thing. Younger generation, new ideas and I don’t think everything should be for free,”

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