Hochul becomes first woman to win major-party NY governor nomination, GOP challenger Zeldin says he’s “ready to fire” her

In this special report, we unpack yesterday’s historic primary election. [FORWARD TO A FRIEND]( [VIEW IN BROWSER]( [DONATE]( [WNYC Politics Brief] [Ad: We connect health and social care. click here to find out more at unite us dot org]( Advertisement Hochul becomes first woman to win major-party NY governor nomination, GOP challenger Zeldin says he’s “ready to fire”her Tuesday’s primaries focused on three major statewide races: the Republican nominee for governor and the Democratic nominees for governor and lieutenant governor. (The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor ran unopposed.) The results started rolling in just 26 minutes [after the polls]( closed Tuesday night, when the Associated Press [called the Democratic primary]( for incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul, beating out U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi and New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. An hour later, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, [a staunch conservative]( from Long Island, was projected to be her Republican challenger. Hochul’s lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, was also projected to win his race against progressive activist Ana Maria Archila, who ran with Williams, and former New York City Councilmember Diana Reyna, who ran with Suozzi. [Hochul’s victory: “To the women of New York, this one is for you."]( - Tuesday’s win made her the first woman to ever win a major-party gubernatorial nomination in the Empire State. - Hochul celebrated her win underneath a skylight looking out into the night – a literal glass ceiling that was a nod to the historic nature of her win. - "I stand on the shoulders of generations of women, generations of women who constantly had to bang up against that glass ceiling," she said. [Read more about Hochul’s win, her platforms, what’s next, and more.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🗳️ --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ad: We connect health and social care. click here to find out more at unite us dot org]( Advertisement --------------------------------------------------------------- [Zeldin’s victory: “Are we ready to fire Kathy Hochul?”]( - A four-term congressman, Zeldin ran a campaign that appeared to tear a page straight from a hard-right Republican playbook: he championed former President Donald Trump, celebrated the end of Roe v. Wade and vowed to protect gun rights. - Zeldin spent most of his victory speech attacking Hochul, telling supporters: “We will restore balance and common sense to Albany." - But Zeldin has [quite the challenge]( ahead; no Republican has won a statewide race in New York since George Pataki won a third term as governor in 2002. [Read more about Zeldin’s win, his platforms, what’s next, and more.]( Antonio Delgado’s win - Delgado, the incumbent lieutenant governor shared the stage with Hochul at their victory night party, though he did not make remarks. - In office for just over a month, Delgado was picked to serve as lieutenant governor shortly after his predecessor, Brian Benjamin, resigned in disgrace following a criminal bribery charge. [Read more about Delgado in our full recap of everything that went down last night.]( [Dig deeper]( - [Voting turnout was pretty low](. As of 6 p.m. Tuesday there were 495,782 voters who cast a ballot in the city. Even with a final total, it’s unlikely the total will reach figures for the 2018 primary, where over 900,000 city voters cast a ballot. - Did rapper Machine Gun Kelly have anything to do with voters' ability to get to their sites? Maybe, maybe not. [We’ve got a play-by-play of every hour of Election Day that explains it all](. - We also published a couple of politics stories yesterday that didn’t have much to do with the election: Mayor Eric Adams says former Mayor Rudy Giuiliani (whose son lost to Zeldin last night) [made a false report]( [New Bronx superintendent faced sexual harassment charges]( and [City Council avoids thorniest issues during jails hearing](. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🗳️ --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ad: We connect health and social care. click here to find out more at unite us dot org]( Advertisement [the logo for United States of Anxiety] [Why we can't (and shouldn't) move on from January 6]( Congressional hearings have begun over an assault on our democracy by a fraction of Americans who nonetheless hold enormous political power. How do we get through this without feeling defeated? 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