Trump called Blakeman and Stefanik "both great people."

GOP primary heats up as Bruce Blakeman challenges Elise Stefanik for the New York governor's nomination, with President Donald Trump praising both candidates.

Republican Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman announced his bid for governor of New York Tuesday. He will face Elise Stefanik in the primary.

In a back and forth between Hochul and gubernatorial challenger Rep. Elise Stefanik published in POLITICO, Hochul’s office pointed to a U.S. News & World Report ranking to refute her GOP rival’s statement that New York is the “most unaffordable state in the nation”.

With two allies, Elise Stefanik and Bruce Blakeman, running for governor of New York, President Trump is not making an endorsement — for now.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman launched his New York gubernatorial bid Tuesday, and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) had biting words for the politician muddying the Republican primary waters. Blakeman is expected to be Stefanik’s chief hurdle to challenging Gov.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik said Speaker Mike Johnson was losing control of House Republicans.