NY-GOV: Rep. Suozzi to run for New York governor [View all]

[RandySF]

Rep. Thomas Suozzi (D) will run for governor of New York next year, multiple news outlets reported Monday, positioning himself as a moderate in a growing field of progressives hoping to lead the Empire State.

Suozzi, 59, plans to announce his campaign Monday morning in a virtual press conference.

It is his second try at the governorship. In 2006, Suozzi lost a primary bid to then-Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (D) by a wide margin. Spitzer resigned two years later in a prostitution scandal.

“I ran for governor once before. Didn’t work out very well for me. Didn’t work out for Eliot Spitzer, either,” Suozzi joked to The Hill in an interview last month.




https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/583358-rep-suozzi-to-run-for-new-york-governor