{"id":2628948,"date":"2026-07-13T05:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T09:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-republican-plan-to-win-long-island-runs-through-hochul-and-mamdani\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T05:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T09:28:26","slug":"the-republican-plan-to-win-long-island-runs-through-hochul-and-mamdani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-republican-plan-to-win-long-island-runs-through-hochul-and-mamdani\/","title":{"rendered":"The Republican plan to win Long Island runs through Hochul and Mamdani"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-republican-plan-to-win-long-island-runs-through-hochul-and-mamdani%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2628948&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>republicans are strategizing to weaken the Democratic gains by linking two Long Island Democrats, Reps. Tom Suozzi and Laura Gillen, to prominent progressive figures and policies associated with Governor Kathy Hochul and socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani. A memo from the National republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) describes Hochul and Mamdani as \u201ctoxic on long Island\u201d and aims to exploit their associations to unseat Suozzi and Gillen in upcoming elections. Despite both Democrats endorsing Hochul\u2019s reelection and opposing socialist elements, they have connections to progressive groups like the Working Families Party and Indivisible, which supported mamdani. The NRCC emphasizes these ties to portray the Democrats as aligned with socialism and to highlight issues such as taxes and policies affecting New Yorkers\u2019 finances. Suozzi and Gillen have distanced themselves from socialism, with Suozzi signing a pledge against it, though both have maintained some connections with progressive groups. The Republican campaign aims to capitalize on recent political swings in their districts and Hochul\u2019s \u201cpied-\u00e0-terre tax\u201d to sway voters. While polls favor both Democrats,their seats are considered competitive,with recent election results showing meaningful shifts in voter support. The NRCC plans to focus on their perceived loyalties and policy impacts to influence November&#8217;s outcomes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> Republicans, hoping to turn the tide of Democrats\u2019 progressive momentum against them, plan to tie two centrist Long Island Democrats to the records of Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kathy-hochul\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3278\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> (D-NY) and socialist New York Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11802\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new memo shared exclusively with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> from the National Republican Congressional Committee lays out House Republicans\u2019 strategy to unseat Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Laura Gillen (D-NY), describing Hochul and Mamdani as \u201ctoxic on Long Island.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4645283\/nancy-mace-lindsey-graham-seat-senate\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Nancy Mace \u2018taking a look at\u2019 Lindsey Graham\u2019s seat after senator\u2019s death<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4645305\/democrats-annie-andrews-graham-south-carolina-senate\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats see opening after Graham\u2019s death shakes up South Carolina Senate race<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4644251\/gop-fundraise-midterm-convention\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>The RNC wants a massive Trump celebration. Some worry ordinary Republicans can\u2019t afford to attend<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Suozzi and Gillen endorsed Hochul\u2019s reelection bid earlier this year. But Hochul lost their New York House districts in 2022 \u2014 with the governor losing Suozzi\u2019s by 8.5 percentage points and Gillen\u2019s by 5.8.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NRCC is linking the pair to Mamdani through their shared connections to the Working Families Party, which backed Mamdani during his mayoral campaign last year. Suozzi was endorsed by the group in 2018 and ran on the party\u2019s ballot line in 2020. Gillen, meanwhile, ran on their ballot line in 2017 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTom Suozzi and Laura Gillen\u2019s allegiances are clear: They answer to Kathy Hochul and Zohran Mamdani before Long Islanders, and the NRCC plans to exploit it this fall,\u201d the memo reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NRCC strategy underscores a belief that a surge of socialist wins in the Democratic Party can be used against more vulnerable Democratic incumbents ahead of the general election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suozzi has been vocal about his political disagreements with Mamdani and recently launched the \u201cPromise to America\u201d pledge, signed by 14 other centrist House Democrats, including Gillen, that declares, \u201cWe are capitalist, not socialist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But while Suozzi and Gillen have rejected the socialist movement within their party, the two New York Democrats have ties to another progressive group that also supported Mamdani, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/indivisible.org\/news\/indivisible-cuomos-general-election-bid-nyc-mayor-no-kings-no-cuomo\/\">known as Indivisible<\/a>, having attended a rally hosted by the organization <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraAGillen\/status\/1908634780951773249?s=20\">in 2025.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTom Suozzi and Laura Gillen spent years cultivating alliances with Kathy Hochul and the political machine behind socialist Zohran Mamdani,\u201d NRCC spokeswoman Maureen O\u2019Toole said in a statement. \u201cRepublicans will spend every day until Election Day making sure Long Island voters know exactly where their loyalties lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NRCC also plans to highlight the impact of Democratic policies on New Yorkers\u2019 pocketbooks. The Republican campaign arm hits Suozzi and Gillen for their opposition to Republicans\u2019 One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes an increase in the state and local tax cap that is championed by New York Republicans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans are hoping Hochul\u2019s \u201cpied-\u00e0-terre tax,\u201d which charges an annual surcharge tax on secondary residences valued at $5 million or more and is backed by Mamdani, will also be a drag on New York Democrats in November with Hochul\u2019s name on top of the ballot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prognosticators favor both Suozzi and Gillen in the November elections, but Suozzi\u2019s seat in particular has swung between both parties in recent cycles. In 2020, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden won the seat by 11 points. Four years later, Republican nominee Donald Trump took the district by 4 points.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4637964\/suozzi-lane-against-socialism-despite-socialist-primary-wins\/\"><strong>HOUSE DEMOCRAT BETS ANTI-SOCIALIST BRAND CAN HOLD TRUMP-WON SEAT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gillen\u2019s seat narrowly went to Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in 2024, with the then-vice president netting 50% compared to Trump\u2019s 48%. Harris\u2019s win in the district was much narrower, however, than that of Biden, who won in 2020 by 14 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suozzi is facing former state Assemblyman Mike LiPetri, while Gillen is facing off against Jeanine Driscoll, a local official, in November.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>has reached out to Suozzi and Gillen for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP targets Long Island Dems linked to Hochul and Mamdani<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2628949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-collage-p46sv1n2q-1783709551152-e1783714221376.jpg?1783695392&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8433,65695,56552,5894,45456],"class_list":["post-2628948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-hochul","tag-long-island","tag-mamdani","tag-politics","tag-republican-strategy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-collage-p46sv1n2q-1783709551152-e1783714221376.jpg?1783695392&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2628948"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2628951,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628948\/revisions\/2628951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2628949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2628948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2628948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2628948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}