SHOCKING POLL: MAGA Congresswoman Closing the Gap on NY Gov. Katchy Hochul

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This is incredible…

Conservative firebrand Rep. Elise Stefanik — who is fiercely loyal to President Trump — is closing in on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ahead of 2026.

According to a shocking new poll, Rep. Stefanik now sits just five points behind Gov. Hochul in a hypothetical race.

Check it out:

🚨 BREAKING: STUNNING new poll finds the NEW YORK 2026 governor election is only a 5 point race…

🔵 Gov. Kathy Hochul: 48% (+5)
🔴 Elise Stefanik: 43%

When voters learn Hochul endorsed Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor:
🔴 Stefanik: 46.4% (+0.5)
🔵 Hochul: 45.9%

Wow.

New York can BE IN PLAY.

Grayhouse (R) | N=1,250LV

This boost in the polls comes after Gov. Hochul publicly endorsed communist NYC Mayor candidate Zohran Mamdani.

It appears that her endorsement has severely hurt her own chances at getting re-elected.

Rep. Stefanik shared:

“It is now crystal clear why @KathyHochul bent the knee to the Communist Antisemite running for Mayor because she desperately needed to shore up her own party. Kathy Hochul has destroyed New York State creating an affordability crisis with the highest taxes in the nation, and the highest energy, utility, rent, & grocery bills.”

Pollsters agree that Hochul’s endorsement of Mamdani has backfired tremendously.

She is now in a very vulnerable position ahead of 2026.

The New York Post has more:

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul retains just a five percentage-point lead against potential 2026 Republican challenger Elise Stefanik — and loses that advantage when likely voters first hear about both candidates’ records, according to a new internal poll.

Stefanik trails behind Hochul, 48% to 43%, on an initial ballot but narrowly beats the incumbent Democrat, 46.4% to 45.9%, when voters leaning toward voting in the 2026 race hear about the governor endorsing New York City mayoral front-runner and socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani, the poll found, among other issues.

If Mamdani wins Gracie Mansion, up to 47% of independent voters also said they’d be less likely to vote for Hochul or other Democrats up and down the ballot in the midterms.

The survey, paid for by Stefanik’s leadership fundraising committee E-PAC, showed likely gubernatorial voters also downgraded Hochul for her record on supporting bail reform in New York and other cost-of-living concerns.

Hochul’s job performance rating is also underwater, 56% to 39%, and at least half of the likely voters polled strongly disapprove of the Democrat.

Meanwhile, just 34% of the likely voters said as of this month they were ready to re-elect Hochul, while 59% said it was time for someone new.

Pollster Landon Wall, of the firm Grayhouse, said his survey of 1,250 likely 2026 midterm voters reveals Hochul is in a “deeply vulnerable position.”

“Kathy Hochul’s coalition is historically fragile: soft support from her own voters, significant growing appetite for change, and her endorsement of politically toxic Zohran Mamdani collapses support among Independents,” Wall wrote in a memo outlining the poll’s findings.

“The data overwhelmingly points to unprecedented vulnerability for an incumbent New York Democrat Governor, and a race that Republicans can win,” he added.

Keep in mind that Rep. Elise Stefanik has not yet declared that she is running for Governor of New York.

If she did, that could provide yet another bump for her in the polls.

GOP strategist Alex deGrasse noted:

🚨🚨🚨 This poll is devastating for the Worst Governor in America. Kathy Hochul’s dismal record of failure and bending the knee to Commie Mamdani is causing her already weak support to crater across New York. Voters want change and a Governor who will fight for them, which is why they will resoundingly reject Kathy Hochul for new leadership in Elise Stefanik if she decides to run for Governor. What is truly remarkable about this poll is that this is before Elise has even formally announced her campaign. There is a reason why Kathy is running scared.

What do you think?

Would you support Elise Stefanik running for Governor of New York?



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