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Kathy Hochul
57th Governor of New York
Governor, State of New York
Background
Kathy Hochul is an American politician and lawyer who has served since 2021 as the 57th governor of New York.
She took office on August 24, 2021, after Andrew Cuomo resigned.
She is a member of the Democratic Party and New York's first female governor.
Key facts
- Office
- 57th governor of New York, since August 24, 2021source
- Born
- August 27, 1958, in Buffalo, New Yorksource
- Degrees
- Syracuse University, 1980; Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, 1984source
- 2022 election
- Won a full term in 2022 against Republican nominee and U.S. Representative Lee Zeldinsource
- U.S. House service
- 2011 to 2013, New York's 26th congressional districtsource
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Sources
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