Republican Representative Announces Run For Governor

Republican Representative Elise Stefanik of New York is throwing her hat in the New York gubernatorial race.

In a post on X, Stefanik announced it’s time to fire current governor of New York Kathy Hochul.

She then linked her post to her new campaign site.

Watch here:

Kathy Hochul is the Worst Governor in America. Under her failed leadership, New York is the most unaffordable state in the nation with the highest taxes, highest energy, utilities, rent, and grocery bills. When New Yorkers were looking for leadership from our Governor, she bent… pic.twitter.com/HXyQlNIjEj

— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) November 7, 2025

Full text:

Kathy Hochul is the Worst Governor in America. Under her failed leadership, New York is the most unaffordable state in the nation with the highest taxes, highest energy, utilities, rent, and grocery bills.

When New Yorkers were looking for leadership from our Governor, she bent the knee to the raging Defund the Police, Tax Hiking Communist causing catastrophe for New York families. I am running for Governor to make New York affordable and safe FOR ALL. Democrats, Republicans, and Independents will unify to save our state. It’s time to: FIRE HOCHUL. SAVE NEW YORK.

I’m running for Governor to Save New York and FIRE @KathyHochul once and for all. She owns New York’s historic affordability crisis—and her congestion pricing is an added tax on workers that she LIED to voters about.

Listen to my full conversation with @sidandfriends77👇 pic.twitter.com/VllPycMCPj

— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) November 7, 2025

The AP reported more on Stefanik’s announcement:

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, a close Republican ally of President Donald Trump, announced Friday that she’s running for governor of New York, a place she depicted in a campaign launch video as being “in ashes” because of lawlessness and a high cost of living.

In her video, a narrator declares “The Empire State has fallen” as it painted a grim picture of crime and economic crisis in New York City, though her message appeared to be aimed at other, more conservative parts of the state that she will need to win over next year.

“Under Kathy Hochul’s failed leadership, New York is the most unaffordable state in the nation with the highest taxes, highest energy, utilities, rent, and grocery prices crushing hardworking families,” Stefanik said in a statement.

Stefanik, who represents a conservative congressional district in upstate New York, has for months teased a run, leveling heavy criticism at incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul and more recently toward Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City.

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