When New Yorkers go to the polls on November 8, the Sun urges a vote for Lee Zeldin. It may be early for an endorsement. Then again, too, we have seen enough of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s former partner in politics, Governor Hochul, to conclude that Mr. Zeldin is the right choice for any New Yorker looking, as we are, for higher wages, lower taxes, safer streets, better schools, less regulation, and more freedom. 

To those who hang back because they fear Mr. Zeldin can’t win, consider some recent history. We still remember the 2006 gubernatorial election, when no one gave Congressman John Faso, one of New York’s finest public servants, a chance. He’d been minority leader in the Assembly and, in 2002, was almost elected state comptroller, only to be defeated by Alan Hevesi, who soon ended up a convicted felon for corruption.