Trump to campaign with Blakeman in upstate NY: sources

President Trump will join Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman to campaign in upstate New York next week, The Post has learned.

The commander-in-chief will appear with the Nassau County executive in Syracuse for an event on Oct. 9, according to a source briefed on the visit.

U.S. President Donald Trump greets New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman on stage as he delivers remarks at the Nassau County Police Academy Center for Training and Intelligence in Garden City, New York, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. AFP via Getty Images

Another source said that Trump was considering making additional upstate campaign stops later this month.

Blakeman’s camp has been trying in recent days to get Trump to join him on the campaign trail in areas of the state where incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul appears vulnerable.

A recent Siena College poll had Blakeman trailing his Democratic rival by 9 points, a significantly smaller lead than Hochul had on GOP candidate Lee Zeldin in 2022.
The poll found Blakeman has shrunk Hochul’s lead to just a few percentage points, with the two neck-and-neck at 47-44.


Bruce Blakeman speaks at a podium with Donald Trump standing beside him, in front of a crowd of police officers.
Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County executive and Republican gubernatorial candidate for New York, speaks beside U.S. President Donald Trump at the Nassau County Policy Academy David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence in Garden City, New York, Friday, August 14, 2026. Trump visited the academy to highlight the FBI’s 2025 Crime Report, which reported a year-to-year decrease in violent crime. Bloomberg via Getty Images

But another poll from Quinnipiac University found Hochul maintaining a commanding lead over Blakeman, 58% to 39%.

Trump endorsed Blakeman late last year, calling him a “fantasic guy” who will “win the big November election.”

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