Kathy Hochul Is Looking in New York City for a Second-in-Command to balance ticket for 2022 primary

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Kathy Hochul Is Looking in New York City for a Second-in-Command
Ms. Hochul, New York’s governor-in-waiting, plans to pick a No. 2 who is a downstate lawmaker and a person of color, to give her a balanced ticket in the 2022 primary.

Mr. Cuomo was seeking to balance the Democratic ticket by selecting Ms. Hochul, a woman from Western New York, as lieutenant governor. In doing so, he unwittingly created a path that would eventually lead to Ms. Hochul’s historic ascension next week, when she becomes the state’s first female governor.

Now, as Ms. Hochul contemplates her own second-in-command, politics will once again play a role. She has said she intends to choose a lieutenant governor from New York City, and she has focused on several elected officials who are people of color.

Ms. Hochul, who is expected to announce her selection next week, has a short list of candidates that currently includes State Senator Jamaal Bailey, the chairman of the Democratic Party in the Bronx; State Senator Brian Benjamin of Harlem; Rubén Díaz Jr., the outgoing Bronx borough president; and Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte, the chairwoman of the Democratic Party in Brooklyn, according to five people familiar with the process.

By selecting a lawmaker who is a person of color and from the city, Ms. Hochul — a white moderate Democrat from the Buffalo region — may be aiming to broaden her appeal and ward off some potential primary challengers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/nyregion/kathy-hochul-lieutenant-governor-candidates.htm

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1. Bichotte's Haitian parents helped her a lot, and her EE degrees and past work..

history as electrical engineer and math teacher make her a good choice, if she wants the job.

No scandals, and a great vote getter.

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2. New York is not a really liberal state...if you look at the entire state and not just New York City.

We shall see what happens. I am not convinced the current Governor will win a primary. I don't care who wins as long as a Democrat continues as governor.