GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman’s ex-wife – who’s now hitched to Sir Paul McCartney – donated $18,000 to Gov. Kathy Hochul before her former husband launched his campaign.
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husband → hitch → campaign
Nancy McCartney, formerly Nancy Shevell, gave the maximum contribution to “Friends for Kathy Hochul” in May 2025, records show.
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records → give → May
But Blakeman – who lists “Obla-Di Obla-Da” as his favorite Beatles tune – said Wednesday that life goes on and he’s not gonna dwell on “Yesterday.”
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he → list → Yesterday
“I don’t know anything about it and certainly she’s free to contribute to any campaign that she wants to contribute to, but my understanding is she made that contribution six months before I got into the campaign against Kathy Hochul
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I → know → Hochul
,” he told reporters at an unrelated press event.
“And that’s all I’ll say on the subject.
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I → tell → subject
I don’t know why,” he said.
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he → know → ?
“I didn’t ask her.
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I → ask → her
I have no idea.”
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I → have → idea
The Times Union noted on Wednesday that Shevell-McCartney had previously given to Republicans as well as Democrats.
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McCartney → note → Republicans
In 2013 for example, she donated $3,000 to Republican Joe Lhota’s campaign for New York City mayor.
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she → donate → mayor
Former Gov. George Pataki, a Republican, appointed Shevell-McCartney to the Metropolitan Transporation Authority board, where she served for 10 years.
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she → appoint → years
McCartney, being a Brit and not a US citizen, is barred from donating to campaigns though he’s been critical of Blakeman’s pal President Trump.
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he → bar → pal
But one political observer said, “I wonder if Paul is behind her sudden switcheroo from donating Republican to Dems?”
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Paul → say → Dems
Blakeman admitted a recent podcast that it was odd that his ex was now married to Sir Paul.
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ex → admit → Paul
“It’s a little surrealistic that your ex-wife is married to a Beatle,” the candidate told NY1’s Errol Louis.
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candidate → marry → Louis
“I’m not going to lie.”
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I → go → ?
Blakeman and Shevell-McCartney’s son Arlen recently stumped with his dad in Buffalo.
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Blakeman → stump → Buffalo
The candidate, who is now serving as Nassau County executive, has said his relationship with McCartney is “amicable.”
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relationship → serve → McCartney
“Nice guy, and I’m a fan.
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I → ’m → ?
I love his music,” Blakeman said Tuesday.
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Blakeman → love → music
He cited “Obla-Di Obla-Da” as his favorite Beatles song when asked by a reporter.
“It’s a fun song, and there’s a lot of great songs,” he said.
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he → cite → songs
“‘Yesterday’ was an amazing song he wrote.
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he → write → ?
You can go down the list.
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You → go → list
I mean, the guy is a musical genius.”
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guy → mean → ?
McCartney, 80, wed Shevell, 66, in 2011 – years after she and Blakeman had parted ways.
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she → we → ways
They split amicably after 23 years of marriage.
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They → split → marriage
The Republican candidate had praised Sir Paul for being a good stepfather to his son — but said they don’t talk politics — which is probably a good thing.
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which → praise → politics
“Well, he’s my son’s stepfather and he treats my son very nicely.
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he → ’ → son
He’s a nice guy,” Blakeman said.
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Blakeman → ’ → ?
But we don’t talk about politics.”
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we → talk → politics
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