{"id":48063,"date":"2022-11-09T07:59:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T12:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=48063"},"modified":"2022-11-09T09:13:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T14:13:08","slug":"kathy-hochul-elected-new-york-states-first-woman-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/kathy-hochul-elected-new-york-states-first-woman-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathy Hochul Elected New York State’s First Woman Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NY Governor Kathy Hochul celebrates being elected the state’s first woman governor<\/p><\/div>\n

Democrat Kathy Hochul<\/strong> has been elected the first woman governor of New York State.<\/p>\n

Hochul defeated Republican Lee Zeldin<\/strong> with 52% of the vote.<\/p>\n

It was a sweep for the Democrats in statewide elections in New York.<\/p>\n

Incumbent Democrat State Attorney General Letitia James<\/strong> has been declared the winner against Republican Michael Henry<\/strong>. Incumbent Democrat Comptroller Tom DiNapoli<\/strong> also won re-election over Republican Paul Rodriguez.<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer<\/strong> was re-elected to a fifth term over Republican Joe Pinion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the race for the new 23rd Congressional District, Republican Nick Langworthy<\/strong> declared victory over Democrat Max Della Pia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In State Legislative<\/strong> races, Republican State Senator George Borrello<\/strong>\u00a0has defeated Democrat Dan Brown<\/strong> and Republican Assemblyman Andy Goodell<\/strong> won re-election against Democrat Sandra Lewis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the special election for Chautauqua County Legislative<\/strong> District 13, incumbent Republican John Penhollow<\/strong> won with 1,600 votes over Democrat Barbara Colt<\/strong> who received 600 votes.<\/p>\n

For the special election in the City of Jamestown for the Ward 5 Council<\/strong> Seat, Republican incumbant Bill Reynolds<\/strong> received 751 votes over Democrat Doug Lawson<\/strong>‘s 486 votes.<\/p>\n

For the five 8th Judicial State Supreme Court<\/strong> Justice seats open, Craig Hannah<\/strong>, Tracey Bannister<\/strong>, Kelly Vacco<\/strong>, Gerald Greenan III<\/strong>, and Joseph Lorigo<\/strong> were elected. Shannon Heneghan<\/strong> lost that race.<\/p>\n

The State proposition to authorize New York State to borrow $4.2 billion for the Clean Water, Clean Air, and Clean Jobs Environmental Bond Act was approved by voters. The monies will go toward funding environmental protection, natural restoration, resilience, and clean energy projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Democrat Kathy Hochul has been elected the first woman governor of New York State. Hochul defeated Republican Lee Zeldin with 52% of the vote. It was a sweep for the Democrats in statewide elections in New York. Incumbent Democrat State Attorney General Letitia James has been declared the winner against Republican Michael Henry. Incumbent Democrat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":48064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[10930,126,10949,10984,431,7445,12444,12442,10357,938,10271,1122,12438,1273,12447,1333,12445,9986,8699,7963,12440,10380,11579,12441,11744,12446,9169,2223,12450],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kathy-Hochul-Election-Win.jpg?fit=2048%2C1364&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-cvd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49073,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/kathy-hochul-sworn-in-as-new-york-states-first-elected-female-governor\/","url_meta":{"origin":48063,"position":0},"title":"Kathy Hochul Sworn In as New York State’s First Elected Female Governor","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"January 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Kathy Hochul was inaugurated Sunday as New York State's first elected female governor. 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