5/18/21
Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, plans to announce Tuesday he will seek the Republican nomination for governor of New York. Giuliani, 35, served four years in the Trump administration. Though he has never held public office, he told the New York Post he has politics in his blood. “I’m a politician out of the womb. It’s in my DNA,” he told the paper. Giuliani said he plans to run as a disruptive outsider, in the vein of both his father and the president he served. He cast his bid to unseat three-term Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) in grand terms, as a clash between two political dynasties. But before he gets to a general election, Giuliani will face an increasingly crowded Republican primary. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R) has already launched a campaign and locked up support from many county party officials. Former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino (R) is also running, eight years after he lost to Cuomo. Several other top Republicans are also said to be considering the race, including Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro (R), who lost to Cuomo in 2018. Democrats have held New York’s governorship since 2007, when George Pataki (R) left office. President Biden won the state with 61 percent of the vote.
thehill.com
