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Mamdani to finally campaign with NY Gov. Kathy Hochul as she seeks re-election

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Golden, V. (2026, October 22). Mamdani to finally campaign with NY Gov. Kathy Hochul as she seeks re-election. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/22/us-news/mamdani-to-finally-campaign-with-hochul-as-she-seeks-re-election/

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul will campaign alongside Mayor Zohran Mamdani in Brooklyn less than two weeks before the November 3 election, where she faces Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman. This marks Mamdani's first official campaigning for Hochul since her support helped him win the Democratic mayoral primary last year. The article highlights their joint efforts to promote universal childcare, with Hochul securing around $2 billion in funding for early education programs, and notes that while Mamdani has previously backed Hochul through ads and press conferences, appearances together can be tense due to disagreements within the party's left wing.

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As of October 23, 2026, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani made their first joint campaign appearance in Brooklyn's McCarren Park, less than two weeks before the election. The event lasted only 15 minutes as they greeted voters and answered questions from reporters separately afterward. This marks a significant move by Hochul to secure support among left-wing voters in New York City ahead of her re-election bid against Republican Bruce Blakeman. Mamdani, who previously endorsed Hochul after winning the Democratic mayoral primary last year, has been campaigning for her through press conferences and ads criticizing Blakeman. Despite their efforts, Hochul faces a tight race with Blakeman, as seen in the 2022 election where GOP candidate Lee Zeldin garnered about 30% of the city vote, trailing Hochul by only six points.

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🔮 Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman warned New York voters that congestion pricing could come to a “community near you” if Gov. Kathy Hochul wins reelection Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, vowed to kill the program outright if he beats the Democratic incumbent in the Nov. 3 election as he claimed Hochul could have a menu of new taxes she could unleash if she secures another term. “Doesn’t matter whether it’s New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Binghamton or any town in between,” Blakeman claimed while speaking on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan Tuesday.

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🔮 Hotel bills were for her entire team, and may have included multiple stays for multiple nights.

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🔮 Big Apple Mayor Zohran Mamdani will finally hit the campaign trail with Gov. Kathy Hochul — with less than two weeks before Election Day, the incumbent Democrat announced Thursday.

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🔮 Kassay, who is seeking a second two-year term to the Assembly’s third district in Suffolk, is facing Republican Will Sussman in the Nov. 3 election.

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🔮 Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, also hammered Hochul for her infamous 2024 claim that “young black kids in the Bronx” don’t know what a computer is — insisting youngsters in the borough “know more about a computer” than the governor will “ever know.”

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Big Apple Mayor Zohran Mamdani will finally hit the campaign trail with Gov. Kathy Hochul — with less than two weeks before Election Day, the incumbent Democrat announced Thursday. asserted

Democrat → hit → Day

Mamdani — who got Hochul’s backing after his stunning victory in the Democratic mayoral primary last year — is set to greet voters with the governor in Brooklyn on Friday afternoon, her campaign confirmed. asserted

campaign → get → afternoon

It’ll be the first time the democratic socialist mayor has outright campaigned for Hochul as she seeks to fend off a Republican challenge from Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman on November 3. asserted

she → campaign → November

Mamdani and Hochul have appeared together a numerous press conferences in their official government capacities, and he’s also released ads bashing Blakeman and touting the gov’s re-election bid — specifically for her boosting his universal childcare plan. asserted

her → appear → plan

“That’s why she’s the real deal for New Yorkers, and Bruce Blakeman? asserted

she → ’ → Yorkers

He’s a bad apple,” Mamdani quipped in one of his snazzily-produced videos last week. asserted

Mamdani → ’ → videos

In a new ad released Thursday with the popular lefty mayor, Hochul noted the roughly $2 billion she secured for New York City to expand 3-K seats and for a 2-K pilot program. asserted

she → release → program

That’s why I’m proud to work alongside Zohran Mamdani to bring New York one step closer to universal childcare,” she said. asserted

she → ’ → childcare

Start your day with all you need to know Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more. asserted

Report → start → news

Hochul, a moderate Democrat, has been leaning on left-wing superstars like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and now Mamdani, to motivate their flank of the party to turn out on Election Day. But public appearances with Mamdani’s base have not gone well for Hochul in the past. asserted

appearances → lean → past

Mamdani had to run onto the stage at a campaign event of his own last year when the governor faced “tax the rich” chants from his lefty base. asserted

governor → have → base

Mamdani to finally campaign with NY Gov. Kathy Hochul as she seeks re-election

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