Stefanik narrowly leading Hochul in NY gov race: Poll

The Hill ^ | 10/28/25 | BY ASHLEIGH FIELDS

[11th_VA]

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is leading incumbent New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) in the New York gubernatorial race, according to polling.

In a poll released Tuesday, the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, finds Stefanik getting 43 percent support compared to Hochul’s 42 percent — a statistical tie that still gives the House Republican a slight edge…

Nine percent of those surveyed said they support someone else, while 7 percent said they are “not sure.”

The results mark a major reversal from just a couple of months ago, when an August Siena College poll showed Hochul with a 14-point lead over Stefanik.

The two have targeted each other in recent remarks and ads, with the GOP representative slamming Hochul for endorsing New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. The same Manhattan Institute survey found Mamdani holding a commanding lead over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an Independent.

[11th_VA]

Then the State of NY can starve NYC

[Sacajaweau]

I think we've had enough of Hochul.

I don['t like her taking OUR MONEY to stock SNAP cupboards...instead of just telling our two idiot Senators to open up the government.

[Apparatchik]

Hochul still thinks she will win by a nose…

[simpson96]

“Narrowly” isn’t going to cut it.

It has to be “too big to steal”.

[lgjhn23]

My prediction: the NY communist cheat machine will see to it that Hochul remains....

[11th_VA]

I see what you did there - Lol !!

[Sacajaweau]

I’d rather see Zeldin for Governor and Stefanik go after Gillibrand’s seat.

[laweeks]

The little plastic faced midget creep will cheat her way back in no doubt

[PGR88]

NY State has devolved into a modern-day East Germany

Its purely conservative upstate vs. one-party, woke, government-dependent Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany and especially - New York City.

The lines could not be more clearly drawn.

[gibsonguy]

The rats have total control of the vote tally in NY. Unfortunately, Stefanik would need a ten point lead to win. Even that might not be enough.

[SunkenCiv]

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