elise stefanik

Rep. Elise Stefanik was the special guest at an annual Broome County Republican event. She’s expected to announce her run for governor in November.

Republican Rep. Nick Langworthy, who represents New York’s 23rd Congressional District, said Nikki Haley’s loss in New Hampshire sealed her fate in the competition.

Nick Langworthy’s entrance to the race sets up a potentially contentious primary in the Republican-leaning district.

The proposed new district includes many of the counties on the shores of Lake Ontario from Niagara to the North Country, but excludes Rochester and Syracuse.

Still, he called some of Schiff’s overall rhetoric “dangerous” and “divisive”.