Stefanik Narrowly Leads Hochul in New York Governor’s Race: Poll

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is in the lead in the New York gubernatorial race against incumbent New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, according to a recent survey. The Oct. 28 poll, released by the conservative Manhattan Institute, shows Stefanik leading Hochul, a Democrat, by 1 percentage point (43–42) among registered voters. The Republican representative has a bigger lead (43–37) over Antonio Delgado, Hochul’s former lieutenant governor and a primary challenger. The 2026 election is still more than a year away, and the 1-point lead is within the poll’s 3 percent margin of error, but the pollsters said that “these findings underscore that New York’s next statewide race could be its most competitive in decades.”...