Andrew Cuomo will be the Democratic Nominee for Governor of New York in the 2022 Election?

Depends, Jumaane has to announce

It will be interesting to see if the NYC area will vote for Hochul who is from upstate

DGA will support Hochul (cant add the endorsement because im a noob) https://democraticgovernors.org/governor/kathy-hochul/

DGA will support Hochul (cant add the endorsement because im a noob) You already have the access to be able to do so.

I'm a little confused as to why Tish would jump in here. I know that it was seen as a foregone conclusion when Cuomo was governor, but it's a completely different dynamic now. Hochul is much more ideologically aligned with James and Williams, and has already governed that way. James keeping her powder dry for a possible Senate run or future AG role makes more sense.

That DataProgress poll was a little better for Tish than I expected it to be, but the big takeaway is that it's a "don't bother" number for deBlasio. I'm not really sure once Cuomo was out of the way there was a huge outcry for a choice in the primary, but it looks like most people are fine with "James or Hochul"

Link to the poll the NY Post reported on this morning, in case anyone can suss out additional information on who it was done by / on behalf of. https://nypost.com/2021/11/28/hochul-holds-solid-lead-over-james-in-ny-governor-poll/

A little known secret of politicians is that a lot of them have very poor political instincts.

Has anyone asked Ms. James what the point of all the was?

My guess is she struck a deal with Hochul to wait it out

A Politico article came out yesterday basically saying James wasn't even running a campaign

And CNN reported 15 minutes ago that James wants to depose Trump as part of a civil fraud investigation.

Jumaane won't drop out.... [5 months later] Whelp

I mean... I kinda called it.

It just never made sense. She made up her mind to run when she was a legitimate alternative - both ideologically and, uh... morally? - to Cuomo. There were things you could say "she would do _____ and he wouldn't." That doesn't exist with her and Hochul.

A little surprised, but glad, de Blasio dropped out.