Bruce Blakeman Makes Second Campaign Stop in Chautauqua County

All campaign roads wound up in Lakewood Wednesday afternoon, including a "Fire Hochul" rally for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman. Elected GOP officials from the area fired up the local base for the appearance by the Nassau County Executive at the Lakewood American Legion, his fourth stop on a tour of the Southern Tier on Wednesday and his second overall rally in Chautauqua County on the campaign trail. Blakeman blasted incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul in a number of areas, including continuation of New York's sanctuary state status for undocumented immigrants, which he says he will end if elected...

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Among the Republicans joining Blakeman was incumbent Congressman Nick Langworthy, a frequent critic of Hochul's. He says the Western New York Democrat has "abandoned" the region...

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Blakeman adds that he will also move immediately to overturn the statewide ban on fracking, noting that even Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro -- a Democrat -- has seen the benefits to his state from allowing it. State Senator George Borrello, Assemblyman Andrew Molitor and Chautauqua County Executive P.J. Wendel were among those in attendance. Earlier this month, Blakeman and his supporters held a similar rally in Dunkirk.

Photo by Congressman Nick Langworthy's Office