Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) is touting the Empire State as the key to Democrats winning back control of the House of Representatives in November, saying she is committed to flipping GOP seats blue.
After former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi won back his old congressional seat in a special election last week, Hochul said at the Politico Governors Summit that she would use all her resources to get House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) elected House speaker with a Democratic majority.
“I am involved in these House races. The path for Hakeem Jeffries to become the speaker goes right through the state of New York,” Hochul said.
“We just picked up Tom Suozzi, restoring him back to what had been a Republican seat, so that was a big win for us, and you know the story, how
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