“The truth is from an experience perspective, I may be 35 years old, but you gotta remember, I spent 32 years, parts of 32 years, in politics and in government. I’m the only announced candidate that has spent parts of five decades in politics. So I may look young, but I certainly feel a lot older.”
— Andrew Giuliani (R), in an interview on Fox News, about his run for New York governor.
Andrew Giuliani (R), the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, announced Tuesday that he’s officially running for governor of the state in 2022, NBC News reports.
Said Giuliani to the New York Post: “I’m a politician out of the womb. It’s in my DNA.”
He added: “Giuliani vs. Cuomo. Holy smokes. It’s Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier. We can sell tickets at Madison Square Garden.”
Former Westchester County executive Rob Astorino (R) formally entered the race for New York governor, News 12 reports.
“Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) appears to have wrapped up the 2022 Republican nomination Friday when he received backing from the leaders of two major Western New York party organizations,” the Buffalo News reports.
“He has now topped the necessary 50% of GOP state committee support to gain the nomination.”
Andrew Giuliani told CNN he is set to meet with former President Trump next week in Florida as he mulls a gubernatorial bid in New York.
Andrew Giuliani, a former top Trump aide and son of Rudy Giuliani, is “heavily considering” a bid for governor of New York in 2022, the Washington Examiner reports.
Said Giuliani: “I plan to run. Outside of anybody named Trump, I think I have the best chance to win and take the state back and I think there’s an opportunity in 2022 with a wounded Democratic candidate, whether it’s going to be Governor Cuomo, whether it’s going to be a radical Letitia James, whether it’s going to be a no name lieutenant governor, I think there’s a very, very real chance to win.”
John Catsimatidis (R) has been gearing up to run for New York City mayor, but with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) ongoing scandals, is now “considering a run for governor,” the New York Post reports.
A new Quinnipiac poll in New York finds a majority of voters do not want Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to resign in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment, 55% to 40%.
However, voters also say by a 59% to 36% say that they would not like to see Cuomo run for reelection in 2022.
Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) has begun hiring staffers to work on a campaign for governor of New York, a clear sign he’s nearing a bid, Axios reports.
“As Gov. Andrew Cuomo confronts one of the most seemingly perilous moments in his decade as governor, private conversations are beginning to unfold about what it would take to mount a viable challenge against him next year, and who might be best positioned to take him on,” the New York Times reports.
“Progressive activists and operatives are trading a flurry of texts, calls and tweets, glued to each fresh controversy unfolding around the governor, and speculating about what the political landscape would look like if he ultimately does not seek a fourth term in 2022. He and his team have said that he intends to run.”
“New York Democratic strategists, operatives and progressives are viewing state Attorney General Letitia James (D) as an appealing primary challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo,” Axios reports.
“Her bombshell report about how the coronavirus rocked New York’s nursing homes focused on the issue Cuomo rode to a heightened national profile during the past year. James also has targeted Donald Trump with an investigation into his real estate empire, as well as Facebook, Google and the National Rifle Association.”
Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) is “definitely looking” at challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) next year, Fox News reports.
“Reed isn’t the only Republican member of New York’s congressional delegation who’s being urged to challenge Cuomo. Fox News was first to report on Friday that Rep. Lee Zeldin is being encouraged by influential Republicans to run.”
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) told WAMC he will run for a fourth term in 2022.
Said Cuomo: “I believe this state is doing great things at a time when a nation is floundering. I believe that. I believe we have the opportunity to set a standard for progressivity and normalcy. I know this job, I work seven days a week at it, and I think we have accomplishments.”
A new Siena poll in New York finds Andrew Cuomo (D) leading Marc Molinaro (R), 50% to 28% among likely voters.
Cynthia Nixon, the actress who lost to Cuomo in the Democratic primary election, remains on the November ballot on the Working Families Party line and gets 10%.
New York Times: “The strategy allowed Mr. Cuomo — who has spent most of his career ruling and running from the center — to present himself as a progressive warrior in a way that his record might not always support. For most of his seven-plus years in office, after all, Mr. Cuomo has had a friendly working relationship with Republicans, and has failed to push hard for a number of liberal priorities, such as campaign finance reform.”
“During the early days of the Trump administration, Mr. Cuomo had scrupulously avoided criticizing the president by name, even suggesting there might be a benefit to New York if Mr. Trump helped pay for infrastructure.”
“Not so during the closing days of the campaign, when the governor openly mocked Mr. Trump, going so far on Wednesday as to call him ‘that boy’ and — gulp — not a real New Yorker.”
A new Siena poll in New York finds Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has extended his lead over primary challenger Cynthia Nixon (D) to 41 points, 63% to 22%.
Said pollster Steven Greenberg: “Cuomo has a lead of at least 20 points with every demographic group and leads by at least 30 points in every region of the state.”
A new Siena poll in New York finds Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) continues to hold a dominant lead over primary challenger Cynthia Nixon (D), 60% to 29%.
Key finding: “Ms. Nixon is running hard to the governor’s left, but she continues to trail Mr. Cuomo badly among self-identified liberal Democrats, 57 percent to 35 percent, a gap perhaps as ominous to her chances as the top-line margin.”
A new Quinnipiac poll finds New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) crusing challenger Cynthia Nixon (D) in their primary, 59% to 23%, with big leads among all gender, education, age, racial and regional groups in the survey.
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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