Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman told more than 100 supporters at Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village, Queens, on Saturday, according to the New York Post, that polls showing Gov. Kathy Hochul widening her lead are “inaccurate” and that the race is a “virtual dead heat.”
Surveys released Wednesday by Siena University and Marist University showed Hochul leading by 14 points and 11 points, respectively. “Don't believe those phony polls,” Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, told the crowd, according to the Post, and he said he would pull off an upset like former Republican Gov. George Pataki did in 1994, arguing that polls were “wrong” then as well.
Featured image: Photo: The White House, public domain (file photo). Document: Siena Research Institute. Composite by Bushwick Daily
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